Who has the best New York accent?
Speaking of the center of the universe, for the past five years Nicolas Heller has been running an Instagram page called New York Nico. "I would just go out everyday and find New York City talent. Talent can be a street performer, a store owner...." He got followers, and attention. Many of the people he discovered went on to be on shows like Ellen, and Wendy Williams. So it was really tough when he could no longer just walk the streets of his beloved city.
Then it hit him: one of the things that makes New York, New York is its accents. So, he launched a contest on Instagram to find "the best New York accent". Then the New York Times curated and edited the whole effort into a really entertaining short film. It is so much fun. (Disclosure. My wife Debbie has a New York accent. I have a Boston accent. She and I still bust each other over how the other says the word 'coffee'.)
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