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RI'ers talk more like NYers in a lot of ways. We drop the r's at the end of words but we don't draaaag out the dropped r's in the middle of words like Bostonians do!
It depends on which part of New York you refer. I think the old Brooklyn accent, which is disappearing as Brooklyn becomes a feeble, ersatz extension of Manhattan, is similar to Rhode Island, but it doesn't well compare to the Bronx, Staten Island, Queens or Manhattan.
The Rhode Island accent isn't pretty, but it's not offensive, and I wouldn't want to be afflicted with it, but it beats the whine of the Mid-West. I mean, I can't be in the same room with someone from the Twin Cities for five minutes without contemplating leaving, so great is the offense to the language (and the ear).
No, the dirt was started way before that with another poster with which it would be a violation of TOS to discuss. Do I have to remind you that this came before my "hate mankind" mock?
And then...
How about if you have nothing to add to the discussion, ...(well I'll refrain from going any further).
If you thought I was insulting you, I apologize for not being clearer - because I wasn't.
I certainly don't see how disagreeing with you that the Back Bay is part of Boston can be considered akin to a personal insult like saying someone hates mankind!
But since you're evidently not going to either explain yourself or apologize, I agree that we should move forward and quit that sort of personal insult.
But since you're evidently not going to either explain yourself or apologize, I agree that we should move forward and quit that sort of personal insult.
Location: says MA on my license but can be found wandering the beaches of RI
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I can't remember if I posted this elsewhere in this forum so if I did, I apologize.
When I first moved further "south" (Attleboro at the time), I wanted to do more things in Rhode Island so I moved my softball playing to there (no regrets, what an awesome group-so close-knit, supportive, fun, etc. but I digress...). One of my new teams I joined was in Johnston and my first night there, I was getting introduced. One guy came up to me, held out his hand and said "hi, my name is Poley". Huh?? It wasn't until later in the game when I heard a teammate call out his name that I finally got it. It was Paulie!
Oh, and given the number of people I've met through the leagues, if a person's name can have a "y" or an "ie" added to the end, it is - such as Paulie, Donny, Matty, Davey, Stevey, etc.
I was trying to think of other things I've noticed - it seems that the area of Tiverton and Little Comptom are the forgotten children of RI and that the rest of East Bay thinks the "other side" is just way too far to travel to. I had no idea what a "stuffie" was and clam cakes in MA are different than what it is in RI. And one other thing that was a culture shock in my food world was Pizza strips (no cheese )
It depends on which part of New York you refer. I think the old Brooklyn accent, which is disappearing as Brooklyn becomes a feeble, ersatz extension of Manhattan, is similar to Rhode Island, but it doesn't well compare to the Bronx, Staten Island, Queens or Manhattan.
The Rhode Island accent isn't pretty, but it's not offensive, and I wouldn't want to be afflicted with it, but it beats the whine of the Mid-West. I mean, I can't be in the same room with someone from the Twin Cities for five minutes without contemplating leaving, so great is the offense to the language (and the ear).
The Rhode Island accent always sounds to me like a hybrid of New York/Boston. I prefer the Boston half!
I agree with you on the Midwest though. I once lived in Wisconsin, and the accent drove me nuts. Especially one day when I heard my girlfriend's sister say to her little daughter (who was in the bath at the time): "Don't forget to wash your duper, Bunny Buckets!"
I think that's when I realized it was time to go haha
Location: says MA on my license but can be found wandering the beaches of RI
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That equation also works in reverse! (Except the occasional trip out to the vineyard I suppose...)
Ha! So true. I have a good friend in West Warwick and my GAWD how difficult it is to get her to go to Barrington/Warren/Bristol/Portsmouth/Middletown/Newport. Maybe growing up MA and having that 'landlocked' issue paved the way to not minding traveling for great day trips.
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(Except the occasional trip out to the vineyard I suppose...)
