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cherylpf
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PostPosted: 09/14/04 - 11:00    Post subject:
jrjo wrote:
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cherylpf wrote:
That's weird.


no what's weird is that the first 5 posts to this tread all have my face on them.


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PostPosted: 09/14/04 - 11:00    Post subject:
jrjo wrote:
Pug wrote:
I lost my NY accent after a few years in MN. I couldn't imagine telling my child to fake an accent though just to make me feel better.


And now I betcha yer gettin a nice nort-woods drawl goin', ain'cha, eh?


oh ya! Comes with the lutefisk!
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PostPosted: 09/14/04 - 11:02    Post subject:
Pug wrote:
jrjo wrote:
Pug wrote:
I lost my NY accent after a few years in MN. I couldn't imagine telling my child to fake an accent though just to make me feel better.


And now I betcha yer gettin a nice nort-woods drawl goin', ain'cha, eh?


oh ya! Comes with the lutefisk!


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PostPosted: 09/14/04 - 11:03    Post subject:
cherylpf wrote:
jrjo wrote:
Running Brewer wrote:
cherylpf wrote:
That's weird.


no what's weird is that the first 5 posts to this tread all have my face on them.


It's a Bert-day to remember!!



Is it just me or is there a nude banana in that crowd?
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PostPosted: 09/14/04 - 11:04    Post subject:
suburbman wrote:
I'm always amazed when people who have lived in N. America for so many years and continue to maintain their accents like they never left their native country and other people can come over and lose the accent in months if they want.

I guess it depends on your inclination.

Americans are not assimilators; we are conquerers!
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PostPosted: 09/15/04 - 21:21    Post subject:
IF you talked to me here in Arizona and then talked to me in Florida...you'd learn that I talk completely different.

My southern accent seems to come right back when I go back there. Give a few days and put me around the right people...I get it back. Mr. Green
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PostPosted: 09/16/04 - 08:32    Post subject:
Well, even after two years in Georgia with the Army, I still sounded like a Northeasterner, especially after a couple of quaffs... I did manage to get a few "you all's" in there.

My parents spoke Italian to me anytime I was home. Funny thing when I lived in Rome I was starting to pick up the "Roman accent". This accent can be easily compared to a NYC or Brooklyn accent here in the US; bossy and assertive. My mom "forced" me to speak Italian without the accent. It would drive Italians crazy trying to figure out what part of Italy I was from...
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PostPosted: 09/16/04 - 09:24    Post subject:
And you wonder why they have an uppity reputation
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PostPosted: 09/16/04 - 09:27    Post subject:
cherylpf wrote:
That's weird.



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