In the eras and areas indicated, 'ah' would be the more common pronunciation for NY at the time, and the French inflection would be more popular, and was actually an indicator of class in that area/era.
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The New Orleans one is a bit clearer - if you lived in that area, at that time, and had a surname that you could make, essentially, sound more French, you would, given the historically French upper class. It's an attitude that still exists today.
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