Comments on: I always thought it was more Northeast, but hey, I’m not complaining. http://siddityinthecity.com/2007/03/06/i-always-thought-it-was-more-northeast-but-hey-im-not-complaining/ Like Mr. Furious with a really nice handbag. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:41:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 By: Berry http://siddityinthecity.com/2007/03/06/i-always-thought-it-was-more-northeast-but-hey-im-not-complaining/#comment-4673 Berry Mon, 12 Mar 2007 19:48:10 +0000 http://siddityinthecity.com/2007/03/06/i-always-thought-it-was-more-northeast-but-hey-im-not-complaining/#comment-4673 Damn, they're good! It pegged me right too! Damn, they’re good! It pegged me right too!

]]> By: Cat http://siddityinthecity.com/2007/03/06/i-always-thought-it-was-more-northeast-but-hey-im-not-complaining/#comment-4633 Cat Sun, 11 Mar 2007 03:31:32 +0000 http://siddityinthecity.com/2007/03/06/i-always-thought-it-was-more-northeast-but-hey-im-not-complaining/#comment-4633 Where I grew up, if you pronounced your "r's" you were either trying to be "claaassy," or you were talking to a judge. I had no idea I had an accent, until my first college boyfriend kindly pointed it out to me. He was from a wealthy suburb of the city; I was from an old milltown far north. "You're such a townie," he said to me. "What's that," I asked. "You," he said, tapping me on the nose. Now, if that had happened after my first women's studies class, I would have bitten his finger off. Alas, I was starstruck by this child of privilege, and had the delusion he would be the Oliver Barrett to my Jennifer [read: Jennifa]. Being young and stupid, I went out of my way to lose the accent, developing this aggressive non-accent, like a newscaster. As I grew older, all that effort got to be too tiresome. The quiz is spot-on. I do have a Boston accent. Where I grew up, if you pronounced your “r’s” you were either trying to be “claaassy,” or you were talking to a judge. I had no idea I had an accent, until my first college boyfriend kindly pointed it out to me. He was from a wealthy suburb of the city; I was from an old milltown far north. “You’re such a townie,” he said to me. “What’s that,” I asked. “You,” he said, tapping me on the nose.

Now, if that had happened after my first women’s studies class, I would have bitten his finger off. Alas, I was starstruck by this child of privilege, and had the delusion he would be the Oliver Barrett to my Jennifer [read: Jennifa]. Being young and stupid, I went out of my way to lose the accent, developing this aggressive non-accent, like a newscaster.

As I grew older, all that effort got to be too tiresome. The quiz is spot-on. I do have a Boston accent.

]]> By: The Soviet http://siddityinthecity.com/2007/03/06/i-always-thought-it-was-more-northeast-but-hey-im-not-complaining/#comment-4088 The Soviet Wed, 07 Mar 2007 05:58:15 +0000 http://siddityinthecity.com/2007/03/06/i-always-thought-it-was-more-northeast-but-hey-im-not-complaining/#comment-4088 ha! i did this EXACT thing today and it was pretty dead-on. it said i was from the west. it was correct. howEVER, i don't think i really talk like i'm from the west. ha! i did this EXACT thing today and it was pretty dead-on. it said i was from the west. it was correct. howEVER, i don’t think i really talk like i’m from the west.

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