My Canadian wife dropped the “aboot” long ago. She still says “sore-y”, and has no intention of dropping it. I was born and raised in south central Connecticut, where mostly those of Italian heritage and sometimes Jews have the NY accent, but no one else. Only those who moved from Massachusetts sport the Boston accent.
She does tease me as I say “cran” and she says “cray-ahn”. I say “droor” and she says “draw-er”. I tease her for saying “ant” instead of “ahnt” for “aunt”.
Lanuguage is fun.
Thank you, Mom and Dad, for NOT moving back to Pittsburgh until after I had learned to speak.
Yinz reddin’ up n’at?
But you know, until you come to an agreement regarding koo-pon vs kYOO-pon, there can be no shalom in the home.
A jew told me that. I believe him.