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GWguy

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Rael said:
I get a little "Jersey" accent when I go back there. My brother and I "walk" to a bar nearby. When the bartenders are flirting with the regulars while we are getting no service, I ask "Jeeez, don't nobody work heah?" (that's Jersey for "Hello, I'd like a Miller Genuine Draft, please"). :lol:
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:fixed: Sounds like Long Island!!
 
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kris31280

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When I lived in Singapore I'd get stared at all the time... it was no big thing and part of the culture. It always made me feel super uncomfortable. Other Americans used to complain about it too.

My Aussie friend Josh used to get mad when we'd say "Whatever", he'd correct us and say "It's 'Whateva'!" ... that was the greatest part of living in Singapore... the hot Aussies...
 
lovinmaryland

lovinmaryland

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kris31280 said:
When I lived in Singapore I'd get stared at all the time... it was no big thing and part of the culture. It always made me feel super uncomfortable. Other Americans used to complain about it too.

My Aussie friend Josh used to get mad when we'd say "Whatever", he'd correct us and say "It's 'Whateva'!" ... that was the greatest part of living in Singapore... the hot Aussies...
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That is interesting... Have you ever seen the movie Romper Stomper? It is set in Australia, and the premise is skinheads against orientals... so there are a lot of Aussies in Singapore interesting
 
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punjabigyrl

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lovinmaryland said:
That is interesting... Have you ever seen the movie Romper Stomper? It is set in Australia, and the premise is skinheads against orientals... so there are a lot of Aussies in Singapore interesting
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Aussies are everywhere. Funny when you go to the shops and you start bargaining, then the shop owner will look at hubby or you and say things like; goo deal, be a man. buy damn thing. I always get the goo deal you go shop around and comeback and no get good deal or item gone. you loose. :lmao:
 
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kris31280

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lovinmaryland said:
That is interesting... Have you ever seen the movie Romper Stomper? It is set in Australia, and the premise is skinheads against orientals... so there are a lot of Aussies in Singapore interesting
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Here's the thing about Singapore... it's very Ex-Pat orientated. (Ex-Pat standing for Ex Patriot) If you're American or European or Australian, you're going to hold the top corporate jobs. Followed by the Chinese, the Indian (from India), the Malaysian, the Indonesian, and then the Phillipino. Phillipinos are usually the caretakers, the maids, etc. Indian are typically your middle class workers. Japanese are lower that Phillipino because of what happened during WWII. If I'm not mistaken, Singapore has like 7 official languages, and so all the metro signs are in 7 languages.

There was the Singapore American School (mostly dominated by Americans) and the Singapore Australian School (obviously mostly Aussies). I'm sure other countries had their own school there but I didn't know anyone who went to them. The high school I went to over there was a christian school and so my class was very diverse and made up mostly of missionary kids.
 
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tiny_dancer33

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Rael said:
I grew up with "stoop", too, a northeast thing I guess. "Dirty water dogs" (hot dog truck) and "pie" (meaning pizza) get the same dog watching television looks in Maryland, I've found...
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Naw, my mom's family are Maryland born and bred and they all understand "dirty water dog," but I think that might be a Wash, D.C. thing that trickled over. People from DC get it when I say it. My Texas relatives have no idea what I'm talking about, though.

And none of my fam outside of MD and VA have ever heard of scrapple. It only gets worse when I try to explain it to them. "Um...it's like a sausage loaf...for breakfast." Then come the disgusted faces. :laughing:
 
LordStanley

LordStanley

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morningbell said:
Growing up I used to say "wudder" instead of water (which is a Philly thing) and "crick" instead of "creek" (which was my Italian neighbor thing).
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:huggy:

philly girls rock!

Oh and when I go and visit or talk to my buddy Jay, it takes 6.5 seconds for the south philly to come out.


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I say Crowns too....
 
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camily

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morningbell said:
People up north think you're being smug or condescending when you say hon, sweetie or dear. I used to feel the same way but I have gotten used to it and know you're all sincere.

In Philly and S. Jersey they say "yous guys" instead of "ya'll" I can't stand either of the sayings.

I saw The Happening last night, heard my hometown the accent and laughed, nobody knew why I was laughing :doh:
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I thought it was you'ins?
 
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toppick08

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In Philly, it's Youse'Guys........I think it's neat....go to the Broad Street Diner, and those sweet ladies will say it....:yay:
 
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Poohhunny1605

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Do you notice...

with the older generation(I am 23), they say cheither instead of either?

My family grew up in PG(Suitland) in the 50-80s and they all say that..Cheither.
 
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