I remember reading a comic book featuring Spooky, Casper’s cousin with the Bronx accent. Took awhile to figure out his girlfriend’s name was actually Pearl because he say “Poil.”
RipleyKGarfieldWrong magazine. The one mentioned was to store the ammunition for the well-regulated militia. Gerry proposed limiting the size of a standing army to that required to secure those armories.
I’m from Bronx, New York and I never spoke those mispronunciations. When I went to school, we had it drummed into us to speak properly and I have ever since. As a result, I have no accent whatsoever and no one can tell where I am from originally. They have to ask where and then they say I lost the accent. I had to tell them I never had one.
Templo S.U.D. almost 8 years ago
And a Canadian kid will then ask what’s a New Yorker. Parents’ answer: a magazine.
Space_cat almost 8 years ago
So funny I almost spilled my “Kawfee”over there..
Guilty Bystander almost 8 years ago
Ahh, New York, where oil is pronounced “earl” and Earl is pronounced “Oil.”
MIHorn Premium Member almost 8 years ago
He feels clever. The kid just feels confused.
QuietStorm27 almost 8 years ago
I often get mistaken for a New Yorker because I can’t pronounce “R’s.”
1953Baby almost 8 years ago
@Guilty: GOOD ONE!
Carl Rennhack Premium Member almost 8 years ago
“Magazines” are mentioned in the USofA Constitution (Article I, Section 8, paragraph 17)!
Diat60 almost 8 years ago
Countries divided by a common language.
robert3750 almost 8 years ago
I remember Edith Bunker calling it a “terlet”.
Asharah almost 8 years ago
I remember reading a comic book featuring Spooky, Casper’s cousin with the Bronx accent. Took awhile to figure out his girlfriend’s name was actually Pearl because he say “Poil.”
slsharris almost 8 years ago
A little Canuck making fun of somebody ELSE’S accent, eh?
coffeeturtle almost 8 years ago
It’s you guys that have the accent. ☺
hippogriff almost 8 years ago
RipleyKGarfieldWrong magazine. The one mentioned was to store the ammunition for the well-regulated militia. Gerry proposed limiting the size of a standing army to that required to secure those armories.
cbrsarah almost 8 years ago
I’m from Bronx, New York and I never spoke those mispronunciations. When I went to school, we had it drummed into us to speak properly and I have ever since. As a result, I have no accent whatsoever and no one can tell where I am from originally. They have to ask where and then they say I lost the accent. I had to tell them I never had one.
rgcviper almost 8 years ago
Kind of like Pahk the cah in Hahvahd Yahd? …