“United: Come Fly The Friendly Skies” (Until you get dragged off with your teeth smashed.) I booked Virgin. Higher sticker price, cheaper after dental work
N train re-routed yesterday because of ... thx to jon stewart, they're going to an animal sanctuary. lesson: if you escape, you'll get away with it.
From a good friend , proper New Yorker , father a Bronx cab driver .....Utter quality this (IMHO) The NYC Glossary: 38 New York Words to Learn
a very good list, but a few modifications: hero: yes, but also 'sub.' not the others though ('hoagie' is specific to philadelphia). on line: this is frequently mentioned as a marker of new york speech but you'll hear 'in the line' just as often. "shut up and get in the line." coffee: nobody calls it "joe". 30 Rock: is a bit precious. using it indicates that you're hip and may know somebody who knows tina fey. just say "30 rockefeller center." BK: very recent and purely hipster. it's 'bklyn.' BX is, and always has been, the bronx. fugeddaboudit: still a common and quite useful expression. one meaning is "that question you just asked requires no answer." vinny: "hey sal, this guy trump, is he a dik?" sal: "is trump a dik?? fugeddaboudit." i think the writer is on the young side... ps, i live on east 84th street. not on 5th though, i can guarantee
When I first got to NY and heard someone say, "Pastrami on rye and hold the mayo" it was a brilliant moment. No one ever talked like that in London but I'd heard it so many times in films...
Is the term "enough already" .....still used ? Nothing beats getting onto an older subway car with real announcements by the c/r such as "Step inside and watch the closing doors - downtown local making all calls" etc.....
I know - must try and get over next year for the iconic R32's on the BMT lines (the experts will know what I mean) Many years ago , a kind conductor allowed me to make some announcements on the "F" -
"MacDougal Street Avoid the scorn of NYU-ers everywhere by correctly pronouncing this Greenwich Village street’s name: mac-DOOG-al." I'm just puzzled as to how else it could possibly be pronounced!
happy hannukah! more of him/her/it Hanukkah Challenge: Watch This Spinning Human Subway Dreidel Without Hurling
