@zaydupree: stitch w/ @solar ! are new yorkers gonna get mad at me for saying long island is basically nyc (they already hate me so probably) #language #linguistics #accents #newyork #nyc

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law.of.robotics
law.of.robotics :
Isn’t Long Island NYC?
2025-12-11 19:19:15
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pourquoi_pas000
pourquoi_pas000 :
Father-Bother unlocked 🔓
2025-12-10 22:40:21
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stupidemolument
stupid emolument :
🚨🚨new merger alert 🚨 🚨
2025-12-10 22:50:04
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solaris.rex
solar ! :
THATS ME!! thank you sm!!
2025-12-10 22:38:43
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yuto_specs
yuto_specs :
New merger just dropped
2025-12-10 22:41:00
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adamescobarreto
Adam :
is there a FULL-FOOL / PULL-POOL merger, cuz I think I have it? my partner always corrects me when I pronounce full like fool and pull like pool. I think it could be cuz my accent was influenced by my Spanish speaking parents. I don't have a strong latino accent though. only with those words.
2025-12-11 00:05:15
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morningkatt
morningkatt :
omg new merger just dropped
2025-12-11 01:25:12
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user70184184175014
user70184184175014 :
new merger mentioned!
2025-12-10 23:16:44
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musicteach0691
Letsago :
Zay, I have a question: Do you know why some people pronounce roof like roof but other people say roof?
2025-12-12 04:36:51
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placeofnoreturn
Cashhhessuy :
“Arrr”
2025-12-10 22:50:23
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dylanramos__
Dylan :
❗️
2025-12-11 13:49:32
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bffigy
𝕱𝕽𝕬𝕹𝕮𝕰𝕷𝕴𝕹𝕰🔻 :
could i train myself to display no mergers at all? i'm kinda irrationally annoyed that mergers exist at all when the sounds are different
2025-12-10 23:22:01
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rorumii77
rowan☆ :
zay i checked to see which speech/dialect patterns patterns i exhibit and found out that i am, in fact, from the two main areas of the us i grew up in
2025-12-15 04:11:05
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hhenaa
hena😎 :
I have a question !! Watched materialists (horrible) today and dakota johnson in that movie REEEALLY sounds like sydney sweeney which was kind of pissing me off…why did they sound like each other? They both have a whispery talking thing going but also the way they were saying words…idk but might be fun..
2025-12-11 00:29:10
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germanwithsammy
German with Sammy :
first?
2025-12-10 22:38:06
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nova.vitalis1
Nova_Vitalis :
What about the notorious cot-caught merger?
2025-12-12 13:48:32
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james.olson5
James 💙🇺🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇩🇪 :
In grade school we were tested, for taking free music lessons, on our ability to distinguish notes. I did not pass. Listening to people speak, and being unable to hear mergers, tells me I still would not pass.😆
2025-12-10 22:52:32
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_sfec_
🔍🌓🫁 :
zay have you done a video about the jane remover blaccent cafe thing
2025-12-11 00:37:59
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nayjay383
Dj :
We don’t hate you😂😂😂 were just sensitive about our city
2025-12-15 17:58:23
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youreboringgirl.0life
House Cat :
Hey, what accent is it if the word "phone" sounds agressive and bag sounds extended like "ba-ag"?
2025-12-12 08:43:20
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spicycassierole
spicy cassierole :
This is so cool to hear broken out - my moms from Yonkers and dad grew up on long island but moved to New Jersey when he was in high school. And then I grew up outside of Boston haha. The mergers are so cool to hear about. Harry and Hairy is a fun one my mom and I differ on but love learning about the linguistic differences!
2025-12-29 20:58:25
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reginarodriguez201
Regina Rodriguez :
Why have I literally just watched you for an hour? Completely blowing my mind.
2025-12-19 02:35:53
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ykirmor
YkirMor :
I genuinely don’t know how else I’m supposed to pronounce father and bother without the merger?
2025-12-10 22:57:15
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thepaperhasagun
Ydkme :
What does it mean if I pronounce “sure” like sher 😭
2025-12-15 21:53:37
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pengremlin
mia <3 :
what about L and W? people in my neighborhood in texas (specifically in my neighborhood, i don’t notice this all the time) pronounce L as W sometimes and it can be subtle like caw-me (call me) or obvious enough for others to point out…. cant think of an example
2025-12-18 23:59:07
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