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Old 02-17-2008, 03:21 AM
 
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I'll start it off. I've heard many people pronounce Passaic as "Puss-sake". It should really be pronounced "Puss-say-ick". Another one is Kearny. A native told me it should be pronounced "Car-knee" and not "Ker-knee".
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Old 02-17-2008, 04:41 AM
 
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Totowa--"TO-du-wa", emphasis on the first syllable
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Old 02-17-2008, 05:24 AM
 
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PEQUANNOCK- Peh-kwan-ick
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Old 02-17-2008, 06:25 AM
 
Location: Jersey City
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Jersey City - "Joy-Z City"


Then you say, "I'm from joyzee, you from joyzee?"


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Old 02-17-2008, 06:38 AM
 
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This feels like a spin off of the Jersey'isms Thread : ))Morristown = "More's Town"
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Old 02-17-2008, 07:50 AM
 
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Metuchen - " Me too chin"....Ma touch in.
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Old 02-17-2008, 08:24 AM
 
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Hopatcong

"Hop at cong"

Should be, "Ho pac on"
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Old 02-17-2008, 08:26 AM
 
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Boonton

"Boon ton"

Should be, "Boo tun"
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Old 02-17-2008, 08:27 AM
 
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Secaucus

"SEA caw cus"
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Old 02-17-2008, 08:52 AM
 
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secaucus to me is seh cockus not SEA cockus

hawthorne for me is haww thorn not whor thorn
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