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Old 09-06-2009, 05:59 PM   #7 (permalink)
fresnelly
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Originally Posted by Poppinjay View Post
New York alone has as many different accents from borough to borough as the rest of the state.

The idea that the U.S. has southern, mid-western, Minnesotan, and Chicago accents is an extremely dubious extreme simplicity.
I'm truly amazed by the difference you hear crossing the border from Niagara Falls Canada into Niagara Falls New York.

"Oat Back" suddenly becomes "Owt Bayak" over the span of a river.
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