>Hi Jeff,
>
>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.
>
>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?
>
>~Bonnie


Bonnie,

You got it. Up here in the north country it is Ayah (yes), heeyah (here), theyah (there). Actually you have to go pretty far north to get that dialect. In CT it is mostly flat a's that give us the flavor in our speach.

Some of my favorites are ginders (subs, hereos, for those of you from away from heyah), "coffee light" (with lots of milk or cream) other areas I ordered coffee light and got decaf, and Apizza (pronounced ahbeetza).