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Location: Baghdad by the Bay (San Francisco, California)
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Originally Posted by 2e1m5a
Wow, interesting! Pretty cool accent-definitely hear some Philly or East Coast influence in certain words. "Ask" is pronounced like she's from Northeast Philly haha.
The "N'awlins" thing is what stands out to me. I'm from East Texas and the only people I ever heard say "N'awlins" were idiot tourists. They would correct people with that nonsense. I never heard that, except on T-shirts and from Midwesterners. Why do people latch on to this "N'awlins" nonsense?
A jerk from Ohio who's been to New Orleans once will quickly and proudly correct you if he hears you correctly say "Neworlins". It's really strange.
Multiple "downtowns" - i.e clusters of high-rises and skyscrapers.
Has a baseball team associated with an eccentric, bombastic owner. (Turner, Steinbrenner)
Media center
Giant airport / transportation center. The hub of its region
Associated with a fruit (peach/apple)
Banking center
Former home to a professional wrestling league that rivaled one based out of "New York" (actually Stamford, CT, but WWF/E's main venue is MSG, while WCW's was Atlanta's Omni, then the Georgia Dome)
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