Hudson Valley English
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Hudson Valley English is a special dialect of the english language, found mainly in the Upstate New York regions around the Hudson Valley of the state. The dialect is often very similar to the New York Accent, but it has a few differences. Notably, there is generally a vowel shift in words like 'car' and 'far'. Similar to the New York City accents, the emphasis of often shiften back, and the vowel softened. Another common trait of this accent is the 'o' sound can sometimes sound more like an a in the world 'darling'. For example, instead of 'door', it may sometimes sound more like 'dar'. The 't' in the middle or end of a word is often replaced with a short stop making "Latin" into "La`in". In addition, the Hudson Valley Accent may also employ an 'r' sound at the ends of words that contain hard vowel sounds. For example, some speakers of this type will pronounce 'saw' as 'sawr'. The dialect also contains some unique traits compared to other accents. Sometimes the accent located in the vicinity of Troy, New York contain special cases. A common one is 'yous' instead of you. (Example: How are yous doing tady? (How are you all doing today?)
