>>>Having been born and raised in New England (CT - lived there for 20-something years), I'll have to disagree with "Youse guys" being a New Englandism. New York, yes, but that's not part of New England.
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>>>And having also lived 15 years in Atlanta, y'all better check your New England facts a little better. < bg > Any other New Englanders back me up on this one?
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>OK maybe it was just my southern aunts and uncles that moved to CT that said it or maybe it was "You all" instead of "Y'all" that they said. (I haven't seen them in a while
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>>Yeppers. Even Bahstonians don't sound like that...Brooklyn or the Bronx would be my guess, and we'd never let NYCer's call themselves New Englanders!
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>Bahsonians just drive around in there "cares"

No - Bahstonians drive their cahs...