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Old 04-04-2004, 06:03 PM
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Originally posted by AlphaSigOU
Last time I checked my birth certificate, it reads I was born in Flushing, Queens, New York. 'Far as I know, that makes me a New York City native. Granted, I may not have returned back to "The City So Nice They Named It Twice" in years but I think I've earned the right to call it 'New Yawk', since it's about the closest you can get to a New York accent in print.
1) I personally know no one, who pronounces New York, "New Yawk."
2) "The City So Nice They Named It Twice" refers to New York, New York which is Manhattan, and not any other borough.
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