It will inevitably sound exaggerated because a noticable Brooklyn accent is quite rare to to hear . Distinctive accents in NYC are pretty much dying out , much in the way London Cockney is dying out . One reason for the dieout is the greater number of people moving to NYC from other places , but also , New York accents were intentionally stamped out in the school system in the prior generation , my mom who grew up with a distinctive Queens accent had to take diction as a required course to eliminate it , my brother and I don ' t have distinctive accents . <| sep |> Look . Can I have bacon egg spam and sausage without the spam ? Ew . I DONT LIKE SPAM . <| sep |> Many work parties are non date events and this one sounds like it may be . Since he hasn ' t even started yet , this is a good opportunity for him to attend alone and get in with some people there . I would sit it out if I were you .