[ICX]

``Later, on the boardwalk, I heard mothers calling to their children, `I'll meet yoose here after the movie,' '' she wrote. ``The only way I can speak like residents of New Jersey and eastern Pennsylvania is to let my jaw drop an inch and talk with my lips in an `O' like a fish."

As a New Jersey resident, I don't think this is offensive at all - actually, it's pretty damn funny.

[AmishDude]

Sure it is. I'm sure the articles are harmless fun. But Democrats are supposed to be extra-sensitive and, although regional idiosyncrasies are fine, talking about African-American speech is a no-no.