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02-17-2008, 04:21 AM
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Because when I arrive I bring the fire...
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How to properly pronounce towns in New Jersey
I'll start it off. I've heard many people pronounce Passaic as "Puss-sake". It should really be pronounced "Puss-say-ick". Another one is Kearny. A native told me it should be pronounced "Car-knee" and not "Ker-knee".
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02-17-2008, 05:41 AM
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Totowa--"TO-du-wa", emphasis on the first syllable
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02-17-2008, 06:24 AM
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PEQUANNOCK- Peh-kwan-ick
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02-17-2008, 07:25 AM
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Location: Jersey City
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Jersey City - "Joy-Z City"
Then you say, "I'm from joyzee, you from joyzee?"
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02-17-2008, 07:38 AM
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L.U.S.T. Girl
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Location: Stewartsville, NJ
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This feels like a spin off of the Jersey'isms Thread : ))Morristown = "More's Town"
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02-17-2008, 08:50 AM
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Metuchen - " Me too chin"....Ma touch in.
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02-17-2008, 09:24 AM
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Senior Member
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Join Date: Mar 2007
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Hopatcong
"Hop at cong"
Should be, "Ho pac on"
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02-17-2008, 09:26 AM
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Boonton
"Boon ton"
Should be, "Boo tun"
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02-17-2008, 09:27 AM
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Secaucus
"SEA caw cus"
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02-17-2008, 09:52 AM
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Senior Member
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Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Northern NJ
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secaucus to me is seh cockus not SEA cockus
hawthorne for me is haww thorn not whor thorn
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