Ahhhh... the city so nice, they named it twice!
"O'im on da toid flowah o da Noo Yawk Stadla. Can oi hab a cuppa cawfee anna glazza wattah?" - The winning phrase of a 'Talk Like A New Yorker' contest held at a Houston, TX radio station. Won by John Occhiogrosso, a Brooklyn native exiled in Houston.
New York pizza... it's gotta be the water!
Born in Flushing, Queens, grew up in the unofficial Sixth Borough (aka ''The Borough of Beaches"), better known as South Florida in the wintertime. Growing up there I heard plenty of New Yorkese (and its maligned cousin, Brooklynese).