Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/08/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Speaking of accents - One of the more fascinating American accent anomalies is found on Long Island, outside NYC...The Island is about 140 miles long, from the East River - yes, Brooklyn is part of Long Island, whether Brooklanders admit it or not - to Montauk point. While the Island is know for it's gawdawful ugly accent which combines the more hideous aspects of Brooklyn and Bronx "English," which are, of course, the worst stews of all Eastern and Western European accents combined ;-) - if you head way out onto the Island, particularly along the North Fork, you find among the natives, particularly those who have been there since long before the post-WWII influx of white flight from the city - accents that have far more in common with Maine and New Hampshire that with Manhattan and Brooklyn. B. D. - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Jim Hemenway Sent: Friday, August 09, 2002 9:24 PM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: Re: [Leica] Was just silly - now is even sillier Hi Dave: I've read that the Boston accent is remarkably like that of East Anglia in the old country. So maybe we're speaking English and you're not! :) - -- Jim - http://www.hemenway.com David Mason wrote: > > Jim Hemenway <jim@hemenway.com> writes: > > > BD: > > > > I nevah went theah as a teenager to look at theah big heyah! > > I'm confused - I only speak two languages, English and Southern. > -- - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html