[quote=klydon1]I was checking out at a local supermarket here in the Harrisburg area when the older woman at the cash register asked where I'm from. I told her the name of the nearbyu neighborhood where I live, but she asked where I was originally from, and I answered, "the Scranton area," which is about two hours north.
She said, "I know that. I mean what town." So I told her the name of the borough next to Scranton where I was raised, and she said that was her guess as she grew up in the same town some 25 years before me. She thought my accent was peculiar to the town even though many people from my home area haave told me my accent isn't the most typical for the area.
Do you say My mom or My Mum like the pittsburgh natives " My Mum said get JOoooB"
Speaking of that, I and my siblings always called my mom "ma" and yet my daughters always call me "mom". I think perhaps "ma" is Michigan and "mom" Californian dialect?
One time when I first moved here to CA, I was subbing in the office of a high school. I used the term "nippy" to indicate it was a little cool. The principal says, "you can tell you're not from around here."
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