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To: eastforker

Omaha, Lincoln, Wichita....

But, Eyez an Okie...


36 posted on 12/24/2013 12:04:40 AM PST by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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Strangely, I got Yonkers for calling sneakers sneakers. Aren’t they called sneakers in a lot of places? Actually, I thought it was an old term, not a term particular to a certain part of the country.
Philly - New York - Yonkers

From DC but did 10 years in Philly and worked a year in NYC. I didn’t think I’d picked up NY words, but Philly, yeah.

I did ask someone in the Midwest for some ‘warder’ once and they didn’t know what I wanted. Another person in the group was from the east coast and recognized ‘water’ immediately.


41 posted on 12/24/2013 12:28:56 AM PST by radiohead
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