Accents

[arel]

Senator Bernie Sanders is from New York. In fact, he went to the same high school I did. A poster on another thread said he still has his Brooklyn accent.

[vtmetsfan]

Originally Posted by GypsySoul22

It doesn't mean we are going to go Joe Pesci on them.

You guys should not be ashamed of coming from NY or speaking 'differently.'

It's kind of funny, because I lived right in the heart of the area where they filmed Good Fellas (Five Towns). And I did get a comment one time that because of the way I tawked, I was going to get Good Fellas on them.

I'm very proud of being a native Noo Yawkuh. In fact, I wear my Noo Yawk pride on my license plate. But once in awhile, it does get irritating when people get that flinching reaction once I open my mouth. Oh well... some people associate NYC directly from what they see in the movies.

[flu189]

Originally Posted by vtmetsfan

It's kind of funny, because I lived right in the heart of the area where they filmed Good Fellas (Five Towns). And I did get a comment one time that because of the way I tawked, I was going to get Good Fellas on them.

I'm very proud of being a native Noo Yawkuh. In fact, I wear my Noo Yawk pride on my license plate. But once in awhile, it does get irritating when people get that flinching reaction once I open my mouth. Oh well... some people associate NYC directly from what they see in the movies.

Also this reaction can come from not what people have seen in the movies, but rather from their own experiences of actually being from there and having had experienced what many believe to only be stereotypes. Also, as far as the Bernie thing goes, personally I don't think his roots and accent merit any bragging rights based on what he has done, stands for, and is supposed to be doing to earn his 162k salary. When I went to school in NYC I actually had a Spanish teacher that went to school with Fidel Castro pre 1959 and I also stayed at a Holliday Inn Express for what it's worth.

[arel]

Originally Posted by vtmetsfan

It's kind of funny, because I lived right in the heart of the area where they filmed Good Fellas (Five Towns). And I did get a comment one time that because of the way I tawked, I was going to get Good Fellas on them.

I'm very proud of being a native Noo Yawkuh. In fact, I wear my Noo Yawk pride on my license plate. But once in awhile, it does get irritating when people get that flinching reaction once I open my mouth. Oh well... some people associate NYC directly from what they see in the movies.

I think people get some of that flinching reaction because of the behavior of many New Yorkers they have met. New Yorkers can be loud, pushy, edgy, aggressive, entitled, self-centered, competitive and rude. New York behavior is in stark contrast to the reserve, gentleness, calmness, courtesy, soft-spoken-ness and public spiritedness of most of the Vermonters (and New Hampshirites) I have met.

Yes, I know these are stereotypes, but there is truth in them.

I love New York, too, but not every aspect of it.

[arel]

Here is a hilarious thread right from the NYC forum. New Yorkers will appreciate it and others will get some insight about the New York City mentality.

http://www.city-data.com/forum/new-y...-nyc-when.html

[OhBeeHave]

Originally Posted by GypsySoul22

Yes, we walk around saying the Lebanon the right way all the time...and we joke about it in our house (DH & I).

Yeah, I know, Fran is from Queens...I was just making the point that not everyone TAWKS like this from lower NY. And even if we do have an accent, so what? It doesn't mean we are going to go Joe Pesci on them.

I don't walk around assuming everyone is a-goin' huntin', shootin' and fishin' or hanging around all granola...(peace man!) because they live in Vermont.

You guys should not be ashamed of coming from NY or speaking 'differently.'

Let's not have an inferiority complex. There's nothing wrong with not being a native of a state. Even the locals came from MA, Maine, or NY or somewhere else once upon a time.(or their families did). If you meet up with small minded people who judge you exclusively based on your accent then why would you want to deal with them?

Ahhhh Joe Pesci -- My Cousin Vinny is his absolute most horrid NY accent! LOL

Funny thing, I went to school upstate and have a mingled Albany/Bronx/south shore/north shore accent. People don't ID my LI all the time -- if I am up in VT for a week or so, I tend to sound more Albany-ish.

(But I do have an issue with R dropping as in A WBAB Bumpah Stickah!)

Living on the north shore, I have come to realise that there are narrow minded people who associate my ss accent with 'working class' and have learned to 'delete' them whenever possible! LOL

[vtmetsfan]

Arel,

I got a kick out of reading the list. This one is so true:

Your doorman is Russian, your grocer is Korean, your deli man is Israeli, your building super is Italian, your laundry guy is Chinese, your favorite bartender is Irish, your favorite diner owner is Greek, the watchseller on your corner is Senegalese, your last cabbie was Pakistani, your newsstand guy is Indian and your favorite falafel guy is Egyptian.

I recall laughing hysterically in the theatres during a scene in Men in Black. The insect character throws the yellow cab driver (who happens to be Pakistani) and his seat cover out. As you may know, most Pakistani cab drivers in NYC had that special wooden ball seat cover.