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                                              January 30, 2005

When I was a kid, I would try and tell
people I was from Brooklyn, but they
wouldn't believe me.

My family is from the midwest, so
I largely sound like a TV announcer.

There are a few odd touches to my
pronunciation though.

Often instead of "I'm
going to", close
listening will reveal
that I've said something
more like "Ahm ah gunna",
but I couldn't tell you
if that's the influence
of the midwest, or of
Westerns, of which my
older brothers were fond.

Every so often I come up with some
traces of a Brooklyn/Long Island        By the way: pronouncing Long
crudity or two...                       Island as "Long Guyland" is
                                        more of a Jersyism.
   I don't think I go as
   far as "heah" for                      On the Island, one
   "here", though.                        just says "The Island".

      Dangerbaby seems to think
      there's something funny
      about the way I say words
      like "croissant", though.

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