Brooklynese in N.O.

[Jonathan Lighter]

"Most New Orleanians" : that's good.  "Brooklynese" : that's good. " "Imported middle school teachers" : so good !

Can you imagine if they'd brought in grade-school teachers, too ?

JL


Jesse Sheidlower <jester at PANIX.COM> wrote:
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On Tue, Sep 13, 2005 at 11:06:26PM -0400, Grant Barrett wrote:
> "Perhaps most noticeable of all is the common Brooklynese spoken by
> most New Orleanians as a result of Brooklyn middle school teachers
> being imported to New Orleans over a hundred years ago to help
> educate New Orleans children."
>
> http://www.americandaily.com/article/9095
>
> Comments?

Must be the same middle-school teachers who taught those
New Orleans stablehands how New York was called "The Big Apple."

Jesse Sheidlower
OED


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