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Sheena,

Thanks so much - looks great. I did, however, do some kind of stirfry scallops with the baby bok choy & shitake mushrooms in a light ginger/garlic/lemon grass sauce. DH liked - so it went well. But, I'll try this next round - especially with all the peaches about.

Ellice

LOL - your accent must've stayed strong! Funnily enough, neither DH nor I are easily id'd for origin. His NJ accent is quite hidden - except when he says "cawwfee" or exaggerates. His sisters - yikes - some crazy accents - one mixed with Chicago and the other with RI - makes us wonder how she's being understood in the semi-boonies of NC. For me, people honestly have a difficult time placing my accent. It's very generic Eastern Seaboard US - with some non-typical phrases from time overseas. Though, if I get going really quickly then the NY influence shows up!

Ellice

You're welcome for the duck. I really love doing breast of, and have some great wintery recipes, but think I'll do something lighter for this time around. WRT ref $$ - given me in the serious job hunt (2 phone interviews today, with the follow-ups on Wed & Thurs) - they're important. Plus, this is about the easiest money possible for a good ref - like a prectice skate - doing a double of low level adult league - $100 for 3 hours. Not terrible, and not too stressful exercise. DH usually works on teaching some less experienced partner ref during these games, and works on technical skating (edges, all kinds of 1 foot stuff).

Well, got to run.

Ellice

I didn't know Brooklynese even had it's own spelling, yikes ! Just like the Rain in Spain I thought I was doing okay in Brooklynese saying "It's de oily boid dat gets de woim" lol

That sounds a bit like Curly from the Three Stooges, to me. Were they from Brooklyn? RD&H, Carey in MA

Don't forget. A've ony been a suthener for the last 11 years and lived in Brooklyn for all the years before that.

I truly don't have that kind of stereotypical accent, but I say New Yawk and cawfee and yes--I will admit to saying yeah. For the first tew sentences, when I'm on my best behaviour, I can sound like generic East Coast, but when I get comfortable or (ahem) angry, I know I sound like I came from Brooklyn and I sure don't try to hide it.

Not quite Fran Drescher in the nanny, but I guess not that far away either because people seem to know.

Lucille

Smack ! You weren't fast enough.

Actually I think they were born in Brooklyn and used the exaggerated accent in their act.

I'm delighted to say that I don't know anyone that really sounds like that.

Lucille

Ah, but you're not in the South - except for geographically. When my family moved to S FL, it was North again once you reached Ft. Lauderdale, through all of Miami - until heading out again to Homestead - which stayed pretty southern. Now, for the last 15 years I'd say you're North once you hit either coast in Tampa and then below, or where you are and heading south.

I can still remember the first condos being put up in Miami - my grandparents bought - quite a splurge. Anyhow - no wonder your accent styas ;^)

I'm sure your accent is just lovely - not so nasal.

Ellice

First, I'll keep you in my thoughts for the interviews. And easy ref money sounds great.

Cooking this week will be simple - salads and "sort of Mexican" (since I doubt what I make at home is even approaches authentic )

Cheryl

Interestingly, people from a certain area of New Orleans have an accent similar to some New Yorkers. They'll tell you that "The erl don't sperl if you berl it in the terlet".

Olwyn Mary in New Orleans.

I never heard anything like that. Probably another part of New York. Lucille

We thought she was great, we finished our brekkies then on our way to the place she had directed us to we walked with her until she reached her office, a lovely woman. Gave us lots of tips actually and I am very certain she was a N Yawker, not a moved to NY one.

You mean the erlman didn't come to your house every winter? Some of us grew up thinking the song "Duke of Earl" was a testament to the home-heating king.

Nope, not even to my father-in-law who emigrated from Poland as a young adult and had English as a second language.

In my former life, I met a lot of politicians. The thing that has stuck with me the most is how BIG Nancy Reagan's head is compared to the rest of her body!

Linda

My office was directly across the street from the Park Lane Hotel, the one owned by and lived in Leona Helmsley, the very famous Plaza Hotel was on the corner, and Bergdorf Goodman was across from the Plaza.

We weren't allowed to smoke in the office so we would hang out in front of the building to smoke our cigarettes and entertain ourselves by seeing what important person would pass by and who would wave to us and who would walk past as though we were paparazzi. Generally the bigger star they were, the nicer they were. I suppose that was an issue of confidence.

And before anyone asks, yes Leona Helmsley was truly the Queen of Mean.

Lucille

I rode in an elevator with Sugar Ray Leonard and saw John Lithgow bopping along a NYC street. The comedian, Alan King, son was in my class when I student taught at a pricey private school.

We lived one town over from Paul Newman in Connecticut but never saw him

The most unusual person I met was Haile Selassie, he had a very charismatic personality, surprisingly he stood hardly taller than I and I only make 5'2" if I really suck in my breath deeply.