For those Noo Yawkers who are hopelessly trapped behind the 'Grits Curtain', don't forget the following saying by John Occhiogrosso, who won a contest in Houston some years ago for a weekend in Noo Yawk City because he could pronounce the following in proper Noo Yawk-ese:
"I'm on the thirty-third floor of the New York Stadler. Can I have a cup of coffee and a glass of water?"
Pronounced phonetically:
"O'im on the toity-toid flowah od da Noo Yawk Stadla. Can oi hab a cuppa cawfee and a glazza wattah?"
