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On Jan 2, 2014, at 6:42 PM, Mike Palij wrote: > Okay, I just want to double-check something: > > (1) The article that Claudia Stanny linked to on the New Yorker > website is actually a joke with the punchline "You are from > Worcester, Massachusetts". It doesn't matter how you answered > the questions, Sarah Larson, the author of the article is either > identifying what she got after doing the dialect test or was making > the bald assertion that all people who take the dialect test are > from Worcester. I am not sophisticated enough to understand > New Yorker humor but given that this is in the "Daily humor" > section, I think the correct sociolinguistic strategy is not to take > it seriously. > > (2) John Kulig's response refers to the dialect test that I posted > about a while back and served as the basis for the "Language > and Dialect"; see: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg11072.html > Now there may be some question as to what role "worcester" plays > in the article/joke and it might be the case that there may be a variety > of ways of saying "Woostah" depending upon where one is from, > but can we be clear that Worcester/Woostah/whatever is just a > punchline. Otherwise, fuggetaboudit. > > -Mike Palij > New York University > [email protected] > > P.S. How do you pronounce the street in Manhattan that is spelled > "Houston Street"? > > If you don't know, see: > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKXZHOAxTKA > I note that this was put up on YouTube in 2007 and that the area > that is described has undergone significant growth and > hipsterfication. It is strange to see isolated skyscraper apartment > buildings standing among the tenements of the Lower East Side, > a byproducts of the Bloomberg years. > > > On Thu, 02 Jan 2014 15:31:01 -0800, John Kulig wrote: > >Actually, it does let you submit from the link - underlined - in " How well > >does this test of regional slang reveal where you’re from?" I took it and it > >told me I was either from northern new england or southern Florida > >(obviously > >people who fled the hardy and healthy north). I will check outside and > >verify > >my location > > > >Interesting they put the "worcester" (city just west of Boston) at the end. > >Pronouncing it separates new englanders from everyone else. If you want to > >blend in, please pronounce it correctly .. > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czw5sP2E7s8 (though true worcester-ites say > > it a > little different) > > ----- Original Message ----- > On Thursday, January 2, 2014 5:36:56 PM, Claudia Stanny wrote: > > OK. This one is low tech and won't let you actually submit your answers. > But it is worth a look anyway. > > http://www. newyorker .com/online/blogs/shouts/2014/01/what-do- yall - yinz > -and- yix -call-stretchy-office-supplies.html? utm _source= tny & utm > _campaign= generalsocial & utm _medium= facebook > > Happy New Year, collective mass TIPS submitters (create your own multiple > choice answer for the correct regional name for this group). > Paul Brandon Emeritus Professor of Psychology Minnesota State University, Mankato [email protected] --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=32385 or send a blank email to leave-32385-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
