CAT FIGHT (was ot posts)

From: animaux

....... Why
do I attract this sort of crap? I'm like a head case magnet.

Two words for you -- New York :-)). CiaoMeow ^;;^
..
PAX, Tia Mary ^;;^
Angels can't show their wings on earth but nothing was ever said about their
WHISKERS!!
Nothing is complete without a few cat hairs!

Tia Mary-remove nekoluvr to reply wrote:

From:


Now that is DIRTY!!!


But true -- what can I say??? :-))))) CiaoMeow ^;;^


But shouldn't you have said, "Noo Yawk"?

Sue (running and ducking and hiding her New Jersey/metro NYC roots)


--
Susan Hartman/Dirty Linen
The Magazine of Folk and World Music
http://www.dirtylinen.com

From: animaux

Oh well. I can't still blame being a NYer. I've lived in Texas for a
decade.
Well, okay, so you can't take NY out of the girl

As was pointed out to me -- and quite properly, I might add -- that
should be spelled Noo Yawk. Just writing NY doen't cut it -- we know where
that is but it just doesn't impart the same mental image. My friend Valerie,
also from Noo Yawk, says you need to add the single finger salute if you want
to *really* get across the true feel of the city :-))))! CiaoMeow ^;;^
..


PAX, Tia Mary ^;;^
Angels can't show their wings on earth but nothing was ever said about their
WHISKERS!!
Nothing is complete without a few cat hairs!

From: animaux

....... Eh. Think whatever, but the part of New York I grew up in didn't fit
into
the
image your friend is giving.

Well, she says it very tongue in cheek -- I probably should have specifried
that it's the whole "cab driver image" that many people ****seem**** to have of
New York. I have known quite a few people from NY and they all pronounce it
Noo Yawk. Whatever......
PAX, Tia Mary ^;;^
Angels can't show their wings on earth but nothing was ever said about their
WHISKERS!!
Nothing is complete without a few cat hairs!

From: Susan Hartman/Dirty Linen

........ A large portion of the student body was from NJ/metro
NYC and "LonGisland" and they sure sounded it.

Gotta LOL -- my NY friend *still* says LonGisland and I tease her
unmercifully about it :-))). The other silly thing she says is "C'n we twawk"
(AKA talk, a la Joan Rivers) -- we both laugh and now both say it that way. I
*was* teasing V. in my original post -- just couldn't resist :-). CiaoMeow
^;;^
..
PAX, Tia Mary ^;;^
Angels can't show their wings on earth but nothing was ever said about their
WHISKERS!!
Nothing is complete without a few cat hairs!

On 8/26/03 9:15 PM, in article ,
"animaux" wrote:

On 26 Aug 2003 23:42:59 GMT, ekoluvr (Tia Mary-remove
nekoluvr to reply ) opined:

From: animaux

Oh well. I can't still blame being a NYer. I've lived in Texas for a
decade.
Well, okay, so you can't take NY out of the girl

As was pointed out to me -- and quite properly, I might add -- that
should be spelled Noo Yawk. Just writing NY doen't cut it -- we know where
that is but it just doesn't impart the same mental image. My friend Valerie,
also from Noo Yawk, says you need to add the single finger salute if you want
to *really* get across the true feel of the city :-))))! CiaoMeow ^;;^

Oh my goodness. That is so not true. I don't call it or pronounce it Noo
Yawk.
I actually say New YoRk. I also don't just give the finger willy nilly. I
don't know where New York gets this horrible reputation. We are now and have
always been among some of the most friendly people in any major city. We have
many millions of tourists in the city each year and have come to love their
visits.

Eh. Think whatever, but the part of New York I grew up in didn't fit into the
image your friend is giving.
Funny - DH grew up in the city - and really fits the stereotype!
Can I ask where in that lovely state!
Cheryl

Tia Mary-remove nekoluvr to reply wrote:

Gotta LOL -- my NY friend *still* says LonGisland and I tease her
unmercifully about it :-))). The other silly thing she says is "C'n we twawk"
(AKA talk, a la Joan Rivers) -- we both laugh and now both say it that way. I
*was* teasing V. in my original post -- just couldn't resist :-). CiaoMeow


One year DD went to church camp with our church from Baltimore, a church
from PA, and one from NJ. She said she could tell the first morning who
was from where. The PA people asked for "kah-fee", the NJ people asked
for "kawfee", and the MD people spoke "normally." [Though I'm willing to
bet they asked for "melk" for their coffee.]

Sue

--
Susan Hartman/Dirty Linen
The Magazine of Folk and World Music
http://www.dirtylinen.com

Ya know--In 60 years of living in Brooklyn, "Nu Yawk" I don't believe I
heard more than two or three people speak with the stereotypical Nu Yawk
accent. Perhaps it's a made up thing "fa da movies?" Ya tink???
Lucille


"animaux" wrote in message
...
On Wed, 27 Aug 2003 10:24:12 GMT, Cheryl Isaak
opined:

Funny - DH grew up in the city - and really fits the stereotype!
Can I ask where in that lovely state!
Cheryl

I grew up in Brooklyn and lived for a time of about 3 years in my teens on
13
street between 3rd and Irving in Manhattan. My father didn't allow me to
talk
like Fran Drescher. Not that she was around back then, but there were
plenty of
them running around. I do have a New York accent, but people here in
Texas
think I'm from Boston, not New York.

I suppose it depends on how our parents speak. My mother and father never
spoke
like yawkas. It was encouraged in my home by my father, since he had
custody of
me, to speak properly. Not like the gang on tha cawna.

v

The sure fire way to tell the difference between NY and NJ is the
pronunciation of the glass container that contains wine. For most
it's bottle. For NY city it's boddle but for Passaic, Essex and now
Bergen counties it's bah'ull with a slight gutteral stop.

Anne


Susan Hartman/Dirty Linen wrote in message ...
Tia Mary-remove nekoluvr to reply wrote:

Gotta LOL -- my NY friend *still* says LonGisland and I tease her
unmercifully about it :-))). The other silly thing she says is "C'n we twawk"
(AKA talk, a la Joan Rivers) -- we both laugh and now both say it that way. I
*was* teasing V. in my original post -- just couldn't resist :-). CiaoMeow


One year DD went to church camp with our church from Baltimore, a church
from PA, and one from NJ. She said she could tell the first morning who
was from where. The PA people asked for "kah-fee", the NJ people asked
for "kawfee", and the MD people spoke "normally." [Though I'm willing to
bet they asked for "melk" for their coffee.]

Sue

kirby19711 wrote:
The sure fire way to tell the difference between NY and NJ is the
pronunciation of the glass container that contains wine. For most
it's bottle. For NY city it's boddle but for Passaic, Essex and now
Bergen counties it's bah'ull with a slight gutteral stop.

Yes, that's it exactly! My mom's wine comes in a bah'ull, and she tells
the kids to seh'ull down! Bergen County (though born and raised in NYC)

Sue

--
Susan Hartman/Dirty Linen
The Magazine of Folk and World Music
http://www.dirtylinen.com