of likely interest to NYers only

[Beverly Flanigan]

At 04:32 PM 3/5/02 -0500, you wrote:
>At 3:08 PM -0600 3/5/02, Matthew Gordon wrote:
>>Can you specify which NCS features you've noticed?
>>On a more general note, are NYers (nonlinguists) aware of the NCS as a
>>stereotype of, say, Buffalo or Rochester?
>Well, more of Chicago, I think.  But there's an awareness, at least
>on the part of many non-linguists.  I've heard a couple of
>mock-Northern Cities pronunciations on sports highlight shows to
>denote "Chicago".
>
>larry

Yes, students in Ohio frequently comment on the "nasally" sound of
Clevelanders, and they have definite opinions about it.

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