>>>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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>>Ed,
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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.
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>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.

Ah, Pennsylvania Dutch. "Throw Momma from the train, a kiss." :)