Western New England English
The English of Western New England in fact shows many sharp differences throughout rather than one uniform accent. In 2001, Charles Boberg, discussing that Western New England English was a likely direct influence on the Inland Northern English of the Great Lakes region, still identified as many as four or five English sub-regional accents within Western New England itself, based on data from the late 1990s:
Phonological history of English consonant clusters
Some accents, however, do not show the full effects of NG-coalescence as described above, and in these accents "sing" may be found with , the suffix "-ing" may be pronounced (though G-dropping is another possibility), and "singer" may rhyme with "finger". This is particularly associated with English English accents in an area of northern England and the Midlands, including the cities of Birmingham (see Brummie), Manchester, Liverpool (see Scouse), Sheffield and Stoke-on-Trent. It is also associated with some American English accents in the New York City area.