Crosswalk signals with authentic New York accents

[Rusty_Blazenhoff]

Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2023/03/12/crosswalk-signals-with-authentic-new-york-accents.html

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[knoxblox]

[anon33932455]

Always good:

Video: Fred Armisen Demonstrates 10 Different NYC Accents

[angusm]

One of the crossing signals near my home just says “Change password. Change password” every time I pass it. The accent sounds more robotic than New York, though.

[FGD135]

[costeau]

Um… Wouldn’t it make more sense to use the correct accent for the borough on all the crossings in NYC? Like a warning from one in Brooklyn saying “Dawn’t steand tooh nea deh coib?”