Why cant New Yorkers pronounce B and R words???

[The Dust King]

Side note I didn’t realize so many New Yorkers don’t pronounce the “BR” sound or R’s, in general. It comes out like “bwuther” instead of “brother”. It throws me off when AZ does it too. Not a bad thing, it just always make me think twice when I hear it.

I have 1st cousins from Harlem and Bronx. I’ve went to school with transplants from NYC (Queens, Long Island, Brooklyn, etc. A lisp involves the s sound, that isn’t a lisp. I’m not saying it’s most of NYC, but I’ve heard it enough that it just might be a thing for some people up there. It’s nothing to get defensive about.

 

[born2bewired]

ok

 

[Ashtrey]

Lol i noticed AZ did it.. "finally fwee".. just thought it was him not a city wide thing

 

[Ya Sinning Mane]

The fukk kinda discussion we supposed to have about this

Just gonna turn into a coastal biased shyt show

 

[Jean Jacket]

It's your imagination.

 

[get these nets]

Only time I've ever noticed it is from relatives or other NYers of Haitian descent. And it's when they are saying Brooklyn, and it comes out Bwooklyn. I saw it as a function of the common sounds and words in Kreyol....with W sound freely being used in French derived words that begin with the letter R.
Never noticed it from other NYers.

 

[Cool DOC]

That’s just AZ breh

 

[Hostile]

Lol i noticed AZ did it.. "finally fwee".. just thought it was him not a city wide thing

nikka that's just AZ

 

[987654321]

I’ll apologize and take back my original response it was overblown and mean spirited. I thought it was another quote/mention in the other thread. I didn’t realize you actually made this one. But I’m keeping the smiley up there.

 

[Whips-n-Chains]

Da Bwonx and Bwooklyn stand up

 

[Yehuda]

It's not specific to New Yorkers, I mean people stay clowning R. Kelly's pronunciation of his name (Wahbert).

 

[ISO]

AZ has a lisp and other possible speech impediments.

I don’t really hear that “brother” is “bruva” or “brudda” not “bwuther”.

For example nobody saying Bwonx it’s “Broncks”.

 

[Whips-n-Chains]

The coli speech pathologists

 

[REdefinition]

Also why do they say "adelt" instead of adult?

 

[Feed-Me]

Why can't Southern rappers mumble words with more than one syllable?