2007-02-12 15:09:00 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Travel ➔ United States ➔ New York City
Watch us cross the street - we don't wait for the sign to say "walk"; the traffic is already stopped, why wait for those few seconds. Seriously, I lived in California for a year. Whenever I spoke, people would ask what part of New York I was from, or where on the other coast or what part the east I was from. One day, I crossed a street and when I got to the other side a man asked me what part of New York I was from - I hadn't opened my mouth. I asked him how he knew. He said "nobody but a New Yorker would have the guts to cross the street the way you did". I crossed against the light in the middle of the block - the closest car was two blocks away and I saw no reason to wait.
2007-02-13 03:30:03 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm actually from New Jersey, right across the Arthur Kill from Staten Island, and I get asked all the time what part of NY am I from.
2007-02-13 13:50:25 · answer #2 · answered by Fall Beauty 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If a person says: "I'm from The Big Apple!" you know that they are NOT from New York!
If you ask them where they are from, a person will not say:
"I'm from New York City."
They will say:
"I'm from Queens."
"I'm from Brooklyn."
"I'm from Staten Island."
"I'm from the Bronx." or
"I'm from Manhattan."
2007-02-13 01:26:53 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
When they say, "I'm from New York."
2007-02-12 23:16:53 · answer #4 · answered by Stephanie 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A speech therapist once asked me what country I was from. I replyed "Yo, youse kiddin me, or what?" Another favorite NYC word -- fergetaboutit.
2007-02-14 12:38:18 · answer #5 · answered by gosh137 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
their acsent
2007-02-12 23:27:52 · answer #6 · answered by ahsset 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋