Well thanks for taking it so well. It's one of my real pet peeves... I wasn't born in NJ and didn't grow up here, but my husband is born & raised and after living here for so long, I completely understand why he was always touchy about it.
When I was new to FR, I posted something in which I called MA "massa-two-sh*ts." I was quite rightly chastized! lol
I went to flight school with a guy from there. He always talked about "Jersey." When he's say "Jersey" he'd do a little thing with his hand on his waist that he called a "swooby." I never could figure that stuff out.