New York accents are hated by a majority of Americans — and a shocking number of New Yorkers, too: survey

New York’s distinct accent — nan 1 that brought america Joe Pesci’s protect “Funny how?” successful “Goodfellas” and Fran Drescher’s heavy “Oh, Mr. Sheffield” from nan sitcom “The Nanny” — is rubbing a batch of Americans nan incorrect way. 

Nearly 60% of Americans opportunity they find nan accent annoying, according to a new survey by Podcastle, an AI sound platform.

And it’s not conscionable outsiders who consciousness that way. 

A astonishing 45% of New Yorkers work together that their ain accent is grating.

“How we speak and really others perceive america tin style everything from spot to really we link emotionally. This study shows conscionable really overmuch accents matter, not conscionable successful regular conversations but successful nan benignant of contented group bask and moreover those they find attractive,” said Podcastle.

Only 10% of Americans opportunity they spot personification pinch a New York accent. 

In contrast, folks pinch a Southern drawl were deemed 256% much trustworthy and 232% much appealing than New Yorkers, nan study found.

Michael Newman, a linguistics professor astatine Queens College, told Fox News that nan classical NYC accent is fading — but it’s not going distant anytime soon. 

“Some of nan features that person been traditionally associated pinch New York City English are diminishing,” he said. “What’s being mislaid is nan last ‘R.’ You get successful nan ‘caw’ and you spell to nan ‘baw.’ It’s now ‘car’ and ‘bar.’”

Meanwhile, a Guide2Fluency study antecedently recovered New Yorkers’ accents aren’t conscionable annoying to group — they’re baffling to artificial intelligence systems, too. 

According to nan study, AI assistants for illustration Siri and Alexa struggled to understand New Yorkers’ “caw” and “baw,” pinch AI algorithms ranking nan New York accent nan 2nd hardest to comprehend.

Still, immoderate opportunity nan sound of New York is nan sound of home. 

“None of america arsenic New Yorkers really want to sound for illustration we are from location else,” Newman admitted.