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The City Speaks: Experience the Languages of New York City
New York City, New York, USA
$40
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Overview
The City Speaks: Languages & Slang of Lower East Side is an engaging two-hour interactive experience set in New York's culturally rich Lower East Side. This unique tour blends walking with street theater, showcasing the city's diverse languages, slang, and accents.
- 🗣️ Break the ice with a small talk activity using chalk to define your personal space while mingling with fellow guests.
- 🔍 Participate in a scavenger hunt for stickers featuring common words that New Yorkers pronounce in amusing ways.
- 📰 Discover hidden newspapers as a delivery boy performs in verse, illustrating the influence of media on our everyday speech.
- 💃 Dance like it's 1990 with a demonstration of iconic hip hop moves that originated in New York City.
- 🚖 Hail a ride from a multilingual dispatcher in Chinatown, ensuring you know your exact location on the street.
- 🎭 Interact with "Nico Ramone" as he shares his bohemian life, challenging you to guess the Yiddish words he incorporates into his rants.
- 🏞️ Visit Sara D Roosevelt Park for an ice-breaker activity that fosters new acquaintances through personal space discussions.
- 🛍️ Explore Orchard Street and debate whether it's a "bodega" or a "deli," while learning about pronunciation differences.
- 📚 Solve riddles and engage in sticker hunts, partnering with fellow guests to uncover the quirks of NYC pronunciation.
- 🎤 Experience Beastie Boys Square, where an old-school b-boy showcases the dance moves and words that define hip hop culture.
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The City Speaks: Languages & Slang of Lower East Side
Tour guide
Language: English
Human tour guide
Duration: 2 hours
- Guide
- Gratuities for quality service are strongly encouraged.
- Meals
Meeting point
*NOTE* This is NOT a physical address, but an approximate location.
Tour begins at the top of the steps to the entrance of Sara D Roosevelt Park next to the M15/21 bus stop and basketball courts. The closest Subway station is Second Avenue (F train), with an entrance across the street.
Return details
*NOTE* This is NOT a physical address, but an approximate location.
Tour begins at the top of the steps to the entrance of Sara D Roosevelt Park next to the M15/21 bus stop and basketball courts. The closest Subway station is Second Avenue (F train), with an entrance across the street.
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Sara D Roosevelt ParkMake small talk with fellow guests in an ice-breaker activity about personal space and making acquaintances.
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Arlene GroceryIs it a "bodega" or a "deli"? Do you pronounce a place where one can buy everyday food items as a "gro-ce-ry" or a "gro-SHER-y" store?
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Orchard StreetKnow your Yiddish slang? Guess which words have been borrowed from this language while interacting with "Nico Ramone" as he endlessly monologues about the problems in his bohemian life.
- Solve riddles and join a scavenger hunt that partners you with a fellow guest in search of stickers printed with common words that New Yorkers pronounce in funny ways. (pass by)
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Seward ParkFind newspapers hidden on the street while a newspaper delivery boy performs in verse about the slang we've borrowed from media.
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ChinatownDecode not only the logic behind Chinese characters ("Hanzi") but also hail a ride from one of Chinatown's multilingual ride service dispatchers...just be sure you know what street you're on.
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Beastie Boys SquareThe storefront featured in the iconic album cover of "Paul's Boutique" serves as a backdrop for a dive into the world of hip hop as an old-school b-boy demonstrates the words and dance moves that originated in NYC.
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The City Speaks: Experience the Languages of New York City
New York City, New York, USA
$40
This is an experience gift voucher. The recipient will book the experience after
they redeem the gift voucher.
How it works?
01
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You choose from 10,000+ experience gifts
02
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We deliver the eVoucher or the Physical box to the recipient
03
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Recipient books the experience and creates unforgettable memories!