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Fuhgeddaboutit: New York accent may be dying out
“Research shows that not all accents are created equal in the US. When Americans are asked to rank locations in descending order from most to least ‘correct’ speech, the New York City accent is rated second to last (only the South rates lower). Speakers of the New York City accent, it turns out, are associated with a number of negative attributes, like being unfriendly and unkind.” (via Fuhgeddaboutit: New York accent may be dying out, are associated with a number of negative attributes, like being unfriendly and unkind.” - Kara Becker, an assistant professor of linguistics at Reed University
Read more —> Telegraph
Former Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani has decided not to run for governor of New York next year after months of mulling a candidacy, according to people who have been told of the decision.
His decision is a blow to many Republican leaders, who had viewed Mr. Giuliani as the strongest potential candidate in a year in which voter anger and anti-Albany sentiment appeared to be swelling.
Contenders from both parties have been waiting for months to hear what the former mayor would decide.
It was not clear what prompted the decision, but the prospect of potentially facing Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo, who is quietly planning his own run for governor on the Democratic ticket, may not have appealed to Mr. Giuliani, who suffered a bruising defeat in the 2008 Republican presidential primary.
continue reading…NYTimes
WABC 7’s Bill Ritters “Top Cock” slip of the tongue.
…referring to Bernie Kerik as the “former New York City top cock.”
go ahead Ernie Anastos laugh it up
