>>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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>Reminds me of a brian teaser that works really well when you are away from New England. "What is the only state in the US whose name ends in K adn it is not in New England?" New York, of course. Surprising how many folks think New York is part of New England.

It would be, except for the Dutch who colonized it. Incidentally, "Pennsylvania Dutch" is a bastardization of Deutche - so they are Pennsylvanians of German descent.