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Well I lived in New Jersey for 30 years and I say "Jersey" kinda lovingly............
Its been noted elsewhere that it is one of the states that you can just say "Jersey" to and people know what your talking about.
I say it with great love and respect for the state.........
I Love the Jersey Shore
The Jersey Beaches..........Jersey Stores.........Jersey Nightlife.
Its an endearing word for me to say.......IMHO
When talking to other people from NJ I will say "Jersey" but when talking to someone not from there I say "New Jersey.
It bothers me when non-New Jerseyans say "Jersey". Some woman at work said "oh, you're from Jersey." and I found myself correcting her . . . "yes, i'm from NEW Jersey."
It strikes me as disrespectful for some reason. Like, if you're not from NJ you have no business using our familiar term for it. Kinda like the "n" word in a way.
I was wondering if it's just me or if anyone else felt that way.
Same here..that is funny. It is almost like when the outer stater refers to us as coming from Jersey it sounds a little disrespectful to us! I know what ya mean and I agree!
when talking to people not from the NYC metro or south jersey, or upstate, I say New York
lol
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