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hellooooooo…..
Anybody????
What is clintohillchill talking about?
lol Etson.
Biff, do they serve goat in Canada with dill seasoning too?
Colombian accent is the sexiest hands down!!!!! (Legion, no homo!).
Let’s not forget you called FG post-apocalyptic then was thoroughly refuted by not only me but several comments on my by old timers AND new comers to the hood.
First of all, you mis-quoted completely what I said. I was referring to the strip of retail on Fulton near the Clinton/Washington train station. Some people might say it is still looking a little rough but it has improved dramatically. Six years ago it was BAD, very BAD and my old-timeer neighbors with whom I have excellent relationships, thank you very much, agree. They also tell me that this area (you obviously are the expert in the pan-Clinton Hill area) used to be a area rich in retail, which went away. It is now coming back.
Now go help somebody.
Just like to point that in the Clinton Hill Historic write up prepared for the Landmark designation in 1981 stated:
The proximity of this block(clinton ave between greene and gats) to Fulton Street caused this street to suffer more blight than other parts of Clinton Ave.
Fulton in Clinton Hill is still an eyesore but it’s improving.
“Yeah, I was HONORED to be the FEATURE of his blog for what, two/three WHOLE WEEKS!!!! (I think he was so impressed, stunned, one might say, he couldn’t put anything else on the blog for that long). Finally, someone giving me the full attention I deserve. I am even more impressive in person. Thank you!!!! And feel free to write about me fixing toilets, if you like. ”
I’m glad you kept count, too bad you didn’t have the heart to come THERE and address your idiotic comments. People need to see the type things some of you spewl about the neighborhood in the comfort of the “BOT”. Be careful walking around with that attitude though…
Go to Saraghina and listen to the owner and the staff all speak different dialects of italian. Ernesto, the Mexican guy who makes the pizz also speaks fluent Italian.
mmm I feel like goat for dinner tonight..
donatella and kens,
Definitely, there is a interesting quality to the Spanish “Castillian” accent. I really like it, but not when it’s exaggerated.
Listening to a song or a movie, the lisp sort of disappears into the rhythm of the speech.
I really enjoy the Colombian accent although I don’t speak with it. People tell me I sound like someone who learned Spanish really well, but without a distinct nationality.
Argentinian Spanish definitely has the Italian lilt to it.
There’s a Mexican fellow who works at Pizzeria near me and he’s like a master at detecting the different forms. Puerto Rican (substitute the h for the r), the Dominican, the Mexican, Cuban, Venezuelan, etc.
Interesting stuff, languages.