Some of you may remember the 1996 scandal over New York accents in prerecorded messages in taxis ("Please be sure you remove all your belongings").

Possible evidence of how far we've come is this 2012 profile of Dennis Ferrara, who has used his New York accent in prerecorded messages telling pedestrians which street they are currently allowed to cross.

#linguistics #sociolinguistics #Accentism #NewYorkAccent

https://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/07/nyregion/a-new-york-voice-at-new-york-intersections.html