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09-21-2009, 04:46 PM
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City Boy in The 'Burbs
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"Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!"
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Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Reston, VA ---> Pittsburgh, PA (Hopefully in 2010)
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Originally Posted by Fairfax Mom
Alicia Bradley - the Jersey I come from is much mellower, funkier and cooler than the yuppie filled NOVA area - real towns - not cookie cutter Starbucks and fake Silver Diners - we had REAL coffees shops, REAL delis full of real down-to-earth people not the plastic people I see here. Heck - we have streets that actually cut through and no HOAs.
I know - you say - well - move back there - sorry - I am stuck here since my home went down 200k in value - stuck here in plastic land with all the stuck up people
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Someone who agrees with me? Someone whose fangs won't come out to rip me to shreds for not adoring the Mauve Wonderland, lest my being negatively vociferous on a wide public venue diminishes their overinflated housing prices that they were relying upon as mere "investment income?"  You're a girl after my own heart! Let's get our necks reamed together!  |
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09-21-2009, 04:55 PM
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Senior Member
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Join Date: Dec 2006
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"But from what I understood living in Philly, its really expensive to live in Southern NJ, McLean/Langley expensive."
Oh, yeah. And then add in confiscatory taxes, overcrowded schools, and Chicago-style political corruption. And you can't even pump your own gas. And you have to listen to that gawdawful accent.
Nice place to visit, though.
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09-21-2009, 05:05 PM
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City Boy in The 'Burbs
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"Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!"
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Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Reston, VA ---> Pittsburgh, PA (Hopefully in 2010)
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Originally Posted by claremarie
And you have to listen to that gawdawful accent.
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Speak for yourself. When a guy comes up to me with that "Joisey" accent I MELT! I miss living in an area with accents! Coming from Scranton we were flooded with NJ/NYC transplants, so I was a pig in a sty! |
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09-21-2009, 05:47 PM
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"Ad astra per aspera"
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Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: West Cardassia, NC
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Originally Posted by ScranBarre
Speak for yourself. When a guy comes up to me with that "Joisey" accent I MELT! I miss living in an area with accents! Coming from Scranton we were flooded with NJ/NYC transplants, so I was a pig in a sty! |
A lot of the "Joisey" accent is actually from the many New Yorkers who moved to NJ after 9/11. James Gandolfini actually had to be "coached" into his "Tony Soprano" voice as his Northern Bergen County accent wasn't "Joisey" sounding enough! My Jersey accent sounds more like Hugh Lauries' accent playing "House"!  |
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09-21-2009, 07:55 PM
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Senior Member
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"I miss living in an area with accents!"
Then yinz'll love Picksburg an at. Yinz can go dahntahn and watch the Stillers play foobawl.
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09-21-2009, 08:16 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2007
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Originally Posted by claremarie
"I miss living in an area with accents!"
Then yinz'll love Picksburg an at. Yinz can go dahntahn and watch the Stillers play foobawl.
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The DC area does have a local dialect. It's called the Virginia Piedmont Dialect, but unfortunately, because very few people in this area are natives (of at least a few generations) this has largely died out, but not completely. It's a Southern dialect and non-rhotic, so Washington is /Warshingtn/ and river becomes /rivah/. Unique to the VA Piedmont Dialect is the pronunciation of the /ou/ dipthong. Pat Buchanan, who grew up in the Brookland neighborhood of DC speaks with a mild version of the local dialect.
A more generic, watered down "Southern accent" is much more common among younger generations (i.e. of those "natives" that do have accents). |
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09-21-2009, 08:41 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2008
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Originally Posted by irvine
The DC area does have a local dialect. It's called the Virginia Piedmont Dialect, but unfortunately, because very few people in this area are natives (of at least a few generations) this has largely died out, but not completely. It's a Southern dialect and non-rhotic, so Washington is /Warshingtn/ and river becomes /rivah/. Unique to the VA Piedmont Dialect is the pronunciation of the /ou/ dipthong. Pat Buchanan, who grew up in the Brookland neighborhood of DC speaks with a mild version of the local dialect.
A more generic, watered down "Southern accent" is much more common among younger generations (i.e. of those "natives" that do have accents).
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Who knew?
When I moved to seemingly dialect-free NoVa as a youngster from MD outside Bawlmer, my teacher gave me a VERY hard time when I asked if I could be excused to go get a drink of wooter. |
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09-21-2009, 09:26 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2008
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Originally Posted by JEB77
Who knew?
When I moved to seemingly dialect-free NoVa as a youngster from MD outside Bawlmer, my teacher gave me a VERY hard time when I asked if I could be excused to go get a drink of wooter.
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My kids, who were both born here, have asked their teacher if they can go to the bubblah. |
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09-21-2009, 09:45 PM
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Senior Member
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Join Date: May 2009
Location: Vienna, Virginia
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Originally Posted by claremarie
And you can't even pump your own gas. And you have to listen to that gawdawful accent.
Nice place to visit, though.
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One of my favorite things about New Jersey is that you DON'T have to pump your own gas. It is such a pleasure to pull over and have the guy do the work and get his hands dirty and smelly. |
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09-21-2009, 11:42 PM
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Loving life more every day!
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Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Greensboro, NC
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I remember growing up with that motto: "Virginia is for lovers." Now it should read "Virginia is for commuters."  |
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