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Yeehaw! Texas and Boston are voted America's sexiest accents, while Long Island and [tr]
UK Daily Mail ^ | May 14, 2019 | Anneta Konstantinides

Posted on 05/15/2019 3:49:23 AM PDT by C19fan

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141 posted on 05/15/2019 5:57:48 PM PDT by foreverfree
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To: knarf

I was in Pahk Street Station this morning! Still the same but no more Filene’s Basement.


142 posted on 05/15/2019 6:06:51 PM PDT by ladyjane
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To: DickBrannigan
I vaguely remember the building standing in 2012, but certainly no longer a theater.

EVERY Satidy late morning in time foah the matinee' .....

Just a few days ago I was reminiscin' and went lookin' for Baby Huey cahtoons

143 posted on 05/15/2019 6:18:51 PM PDT by knarf (I say things that are true, I have no proof, but they're true)
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To: super7man

Interesting.

I have lived back east for so long that I no longer know what kind of accent I have. Although I was born and raised in CA, I have had people in CA ask what kind of accent I have.

Despite the time I have spent away from the state, I can still tell the difference between regional variations of CA accents, where most people just vaguely discern some generic CA accent.


144 posted on 05/15/2019 6:56:01 PM PDT by exDemMom (Current visual of the hole the US continues to dig itself into: http://www.usdebtclock.org/)
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To: C19fan

I grew up in Pittsburgh and my wife is deep south. Our oldest daughter, when she was a little punk butt, thought it was great fun to mock us by saying a word my way then my wife’s way. The she would shake her head and walk away.


145 posted on 05/15/2019 7:57:04 PM PDT by Some Fat Guy in L.A. (Still bitterly clinging to rational thought despite it's unfashionability)
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To: sparklite2

I have a similar background; born and grew up in rural east Texas on my grandfathers farm. Moved about quite a bit, army, college, work, traveled internationally a lot due to work, two year expat stint in the PRC, fam and I resided in Shanghai. While there I took conversational Mandarin along with Auto people from Midwest, Canadians, Aussies, etc. they liked to tease me about my Mandarin flavored with my texas accent. All in good fun....


146 posted on 05/16/2019 3:59:58 AM PDT by snoringbear (,W,E.oGovernment is the Pimp,)
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To: ladyjane

I don’t use the T much, maybe once a year, but I got off at Park Station to visit City Hall this past Monday. Now I remember why I only use it once a year lol.

Picked up a couple of copies of my birth certificate to join the Mayflower Society before 2020.


147 posted on 05/16/2019 5:03:41 AM PDT by Sparky1776
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To: MayflowerMadam

Our Melania looks just lovely, as always.

I am so proud that she is our First Lady.


148 posted on 05/16/2019 5:07:44 AM PDT by jazminerose (Adorable DeplorablCNN)
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To: Sparky1776

Why are you joining the Mayflower Society before 2020? Are they changing their rules or...?


149 posted on 05/16/2019 9:08:31 AM PDT by ladyjane
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To: ladyjane

For the 400 year anniversary of 1620, I expect a rush next year.


150 posted on 05/16/2019 2:38:53 PM PDT by Sparky1776
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To: wardaddy

Weird thing is I grew up on Long Island and now live in New Jersey. You can count the people who live in NJ who say “Joisey” on one hand. The accent seems to only exist in some television writers mind. “Lawn Guyland” on the other hand is the accent that doesn’t die.


151 posted on 05/16/2019 7:16:34 PM PDT by Clemenza (Lurking)
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To: Clemenza

I think Joie Zee was always more Fort Lee to Weehawken and Hoboken to Jersey City to Newark Bayonne and out to maybe The Oranges or Passaic in the old days

Maybe parts of the Shore too

Today tunnel and bridge Jersey is hipsters who can’t afford or don’t want to spend for Manhattan

But it’s still not what I’d call inexpensive


152 posted on 05/16/2019 10:30:29 PM PDT by wardaddy (I applaud Jim Robinson for his comments on the Southern Monuments decision ...thank you)
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