To: Madame Dufarge
An accent one rarely hears these days is the “Locust Valley Lockjaw” of the old Anglo and Dutch families in the New York area. Think FDR, William F. Buckley, and Thurston Howell.
64 posted on
10/01/2008 12:34:32 PM PDT by
Clemenza
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To: Clemenza
Of course the famous Brooklyn accent is thought to come from the original dutch settlers of that borough.
To: Clemenza
An accent one rarely hears these days is the “Locust Valley Lockjaw” of the old Anglo and Dutch families in the New York area. Think FDR, William F. Buckley, and Thurston Howell. Good. It sounds like the speaker has a mahogany-panelled library stuffed up his nose. Robin Williams should buy a clue. Only in his case it's not a library...
143 posted on
10/01/2008 6:39:54 PM PDT by
Ezekiel
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To: Clemenza
Think FDR, William F. Buckley, and Thurston Howell.I heard Steve Forbes the other day and he has a bit of it.
148 posted on
10/01/2008 6:53:08 PM PDT by
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