H is silent in many English words, for various reasons. Not all such words that have come into English from French still have a silent h, however. Over the centuries we have come to pronounce the h in words like horrible, hospital, host, human, and humour.

The rule goes that the article ‘a’ is used before a consonant and ‘an’ is used before a vowel, so with silent H we would say “an honest” and with pronounced H we would say “a hotel”. But some posher speakers tend to treat a pronounced H as if it were not there, so they would say “an historic” and “an hotel”.

Because of the origin of “hour” and its Latin roots, the “h” is silent, in accordance with the original pronunciations. “House” has Germanic origins, so the ‘h’ is pronounced because the sound was present in earlier forms of the word.

“Hooge” and “yuge” are two solutions to simplifying the “hyu” sound. In the East Anglia case the “y” gets dropped and in the New York case the “h” does. Originally, it was like huge: it began with the cluster “hw” (“w” is, like “y,” something called a “glide” sound, falling between a consonant and a vowel).

Most Popular Words New Yorkers Say Differently

• Coffee – Caw-fee.
• Water – Waw-ter.
• Chocolate – chaw-clet.
• Dog – dawg.
• Call -cawl.
• Talk – tawlk.
• Walk – wawlk.
• OFF – Aw-ff.

For New Yorkers, the name of the state Florida and its favorite fruit, the orange, have the vowel sound of the word “horrible” (no criticism intended since many New Yorkers love oranges when they retire in Florida!). In NYC both words are pronounced like the word “pot”.

Frankfurters, wieners, red hots, floaters, hot dogs, or tube steaks — call them what you will, weenies are perfect summer fare, perhaps because they’re so cheap, even the gourmet ones.

I generally say aunt, but awnt is used when it’s the end of the sentence or something. Ant when I’m just using the word as a common noun or talking about someone else’s aunt when they use the “ant” pronunciation.

Eight ways to tell a real New Yorker from a fake New Yorker

1. Real New Yorkers will sit by the rail at all costs.
2. Fake New Yorkers will wait for the walk sign.
3. Fake New Yorkers are still offered mixtapes in Times Square.
4. Real New Yorkers will have a strong opinion about the city’s best burger.
5. Fake New Yorkers won’t eat from food carts.

Many diehard New Yorkers will stick to the ten-year rule: you’re not a New Yorker unless you’ve lived in the city for a decade or more. Others say you’re a New Yorker when you don’t have to get out of the city because it’s too intense, too loud, too crowded, or too much of anything.

Here, we provide you with ten of the best tips and tricks to live like a real New Yorker.

1. Drink Plenty Of Coffee.
2. Work Hard And Play Harder.
3. Take Some ‘Me’ Time.
4. Explore The City With A Friend Or Two.
5. Keep An Open Mind.
6. Dress To Impress.
7. No Gawking Allowed.
8. Stick To Subway Etiquette.

Some say you have to live in New York for 10 years before you can call yourself a New Yorker. Others, 15 or 20 or for life. Some would go as far as to say you’re not a real New Yorker so long as you bother yourself with these kinds of social politics.

yeah, New Yorkers walk a lot, compared to most Americans.

No, it’s not unfriendly and it’s not aggressive – at all. Oh, some people may be, but there are 8 million New Yorkers, and if a few thousand are rotten apples, it’s still a drop in the ocean. But there are so many visitors, no New Yorker is going to stop and ask if you need help.

The city definitely has a reputation for too busy, can’t-be-bothered residents — but according to a recent study by StreetEasy, the Big Apple may actually be one of the friendliest cities in the nation. So, New Yorkers are nice to each other.

The Empire State was just named the “Rudest State in America,” and we may have the strong, sometimes abrasive “New York” attitude to blame. According to Best Life’s algorithm, 14.79 percent of New York State is “rude,” along with 4.5 percent of New York drivers.