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There are a lot of parts to upstate NY – one characteristic of some areas is glottal stop along w/ very flat “A”.
Reminds me of Mai Zetterling, CGar 🙂
I used to say subt-ul (Some of that guttural Yiddish coming out there)
schmetterling = butterfly
butterfly = *Rob*
*Rob* = schmetterling
That’s a long one to sign under every post of his
*schmetterling*
In the United States one CAN have to do with the other but NOT NECESSARILY.
Posted by: Joe from Brooklyn at October 20, 2009 1:14 PM
Agreed.
Whew! Good, cause I’m beat…
“German sounds harsh and angry”
bxgrl, I remember being in Germany and learning the word for “butterfly”: schmetterling. Thought it sounded like a WWII fighter plane.
– Bush & Trump embrace the down-market stance; by my estimation neither of them has “class”.
They have crass.
Class is not a choice.
Posted by: Joe from Brooklyn at October 20, 2009 1:22 PM
So you are saying that having no class was not your choice?
There are different kinds of classes & castes – social, economic, educational, etc. Bush & Trump embrace the down-market stance; by my estimation neither of them has “class”.
There is a definite upstate NY accent, especially in central NY. I grew up there, after moving from NYC at the age of 6, and managed to never have one, mostly due to my Mom making sure we spoke correctly. When I go back to visit family, it’s very apparent.