(20 Mar 2025) ASSOCIATED PRESS New York – 16 March 2025 1. SOUNDBITE (English) Kathrine Narducci, actor – on the thought that the New Yorker accent isn’t as distinguishable as it once was: “The accent has evolved. It's not like, ‘Hey, cabbie!’ You know, ‘Hey, kid – here’s a paper.’ You know, it's not like this anymore. That's when they first came to New York. You know, like ‘Gangs of New York,’ like a James Cagney movie. We've evolved a little bit, and the accent has been a little watered down.”