Springfield Gardens, New York
The Springfield Gardens Accent
Springfield Gardens sits inside the New York City dialect area, which covers New York City, Long Island and northern New Jersey, United States. The nearest other area is Philadelphia, about 85km away.
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What people in Springfield Gardens sound like
- A raised, gliding vowel in “coffee”, “talk” and “dog”.
- Variable R-dropping: “car” can end in a vowel.
- “Cot” and “caught” stay firmly distinct.
- A raised “trap” vowel before nasals — “man” towards “meh-an”.
These are the markers of the New York City accent as a whole. No survey claims every speaker in Springfield Gardens has all of them — the full New York City profile sets out where the region varies.
Springfield Gardens against Boston
Springfield Gardens is close enough to the Boston area that the two get confused. These are the questions where the survey expects a different answer on each side.
| Question | Springfield Gardens | Boston |
|---|---|---|
| When you say “car” by itself, do you pronounce an R sound at the end? | the R at the end of “car” is pronounced | “car” ends in a vowel, with no R sound |
Dialect areas near Springfield Gardens
Is your accent from Springfield Gardens?
There is no way to answer that from a description. The test asks 29 questions about the words you use and how you say them, scores your answers against the New York City English profile and every other profile in the survey, and shows you where people who answer the way you do actually live.