When I first entered college, I met this guy in one of my classes. He had a very strong (what I thought was) Eastern accent. Since our college was very popular with students from New York, I figured he was from somewhere outside of the City.
Finally, one day I asked where he was from and his response was, "da Heights". "Da where?" I didn't realize that was Cleveland's way of distinguishing Cleveland Heights vs. Shaker Heights, University Heights or any of the other Heights in the area. But, where did "da" come from (pre-Soprano's).
Now that I live here, I hear the "Cleveland Accent" every day. We live in "Clevelun", attend "claaaass", and rock is pronouced "rack". Not meaning to tease my co-workers, I have tried to figure out this regional accent. Here is a fun quiz to determine your accent
http://www.angelfire.com/ak2/intelli...ixie_quiz.html
I'm only 39% Yankee, but a definitive Yankee.
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