Re: Pronunciation of common Linux-related words
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On Mon, Apr 02, 2007 at 07:00:06AM -0400, Max Hyre wrote:
> cga2000 wrote:
> > About 20 miles East of the city.
>
> Well, more like zero (Queens and Brooklyn are part of both the city
> and the Island, unless you're talking like the locals, to whom The City
> is Manhattan, and the rest is referred to by borough name) to 120 miles
> east. There's a reason they call it _Long_ Island. :-)
>
> > I guess you were referring to a New York City accent like in the old
> > gangster movies? Like Jimmy Cagney, maybe?
>
> It ain't just the old movies---that accent is alive and well and
> living in Queens. How Queens and Brooklyn accents can be so different
> (they're adjacent on the Island) is beyond me.
>
I grew up in Brooklyn, and I have to say that New York, for such a
small state, has the largest diversity in accents I've ever heard.
Brooklyn, Long Island, Staten Island, Queens, Bronx, and more; Even
upstate New York has it's own set of accents!
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