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« Trunk Show | Main | Broadway » December 9, 2006Accent PhillyThere's another one of those online quizzes, one that purports to determine the accent you speak with via a few simple questions. It seems to be accurate. I took the quiz, and it said I had a "Philadelphia" accent. Well, I was born in the Philly suburbs, and lived there until I went to college. I never attained the hard Philly accent you might be familiar with from movies like Rocky - it's my observation that the accent you hear in Rocky is typically a South Philly accent - but I can imitate it pretty well. Still, the online quiz is more right than wrong as my accent, softened by living in Tennessee since 1982, except for three years in Texas), certainly does have a Philadelphia foundation. Now if I could just find a source for authentic Philly cheesesteaks, complete with bread from Amoroso's... As far as I'm concerned, it ain't an authentic Philly cheesesteak if the bread isn't from Amoroso's.
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Yo Bill: I took the quiz and scored "Philly" too. I didn't realize you and I had such similar stories: I grew up in the Philly 'burbs and moved to Tennessee in '85, left for ten years, and came back this past summer to live in Franklin. If I find the Amoroso bread cheesesteak, I'll let you know. I have been dying to try the Italian bakery on Belcourt reviewed in the Nashville Scene a few weeks ago - maybe they can help. Posted by: Paul at December 10, 2006 8:03 AMLove that quiz! I also am originally from the Philadelphia suburbs, and not the main line, I might add. Lived there through college, now live here. I now have a northeastern accent, not a Philly accent. Ah, progress! Posted by: Kathy Carlson at December 10, 2006 11:29 AMHow bogus. The "quiz" placed this lifelong Southerner as completely Philly. Bah. Posted by: "John Galt" at December 11, 2006 8:09 AMPost a comment
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