Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Accents on the East Coast
All week I have been noticing the gorgeous full moon in the evenings (well, the non-overcast evenings anyway). It's been HUGE and low on the horizon. Beautiful! And, on my favorite morning news show (on WUSA channel 9 in Washington, DC!) the weather gal is Kim Martucci - and she's been talking about this "strawberry moon" (the name of the full moon in June ... never knew that before!). Well, I had an appointment in Georgetown last night and took my camera with me - on the way home I stopped to take a few shots of the moon over some of the monuments. I sent Kim a copy of one of the photos to show on the morning program. And she did!
Not only did she show my photo, but she gave me a shout out, and she pronounced my last name exactly correctly ... that is, if you live in Buffalo. Well, Kim is from Pennsylvania, but worked in Buffalo for a few years. In Buffalo, they say "Apple-back-er" with "back" like "front and back". But everywhere else we say "Apple-bach-er" with "bach" like the composer J.S. Bach. So when she answered my e-mail, I responded, thanking her for the props and mentioned that she pronounced my name like a true Buffalonian. She responded AGAIN to me... with the following link about regional accents. If you're not from the Eastern United States, you will probably not find this article interesting. But if you ARE from the East, ANYWHERE in the East, you'll love it. Read on!
New York Times Article on Travel
Thanks, Kim Martucci!
Oh - and if you want to see a couple of photos of the strawberry moon over the DC monuments, take a look at my Angaza Photography blog. Enjoy!
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YOU'RE WELCOME!
So, I get this "google alert" in my inbox...I click on it and here's your blog!
Glad I got your name right...one small correction, though, I grew up in Jersey (talk about accents) but had transplanted to PA for my job prior to WUSA...
But I LOVED LOVED LOVED Buffalo!
See you in the morning!
(Read my blog! http://www.wusa9.com/life/community/persona.aspx?U=483ea8355d864a69a42dc70bf89dfbcb&plckPersonaPage=PersonaBlog&plckUserId=483ea8355d864a69a42dc70bf89dfbcb -- COULD THAT LINK BE ANY LONGER???)
So, I get this "google alert" in my inbox...I click on it and here's your blog!
Glad I got your name right...one small correction, though, I grew up in Jersey (talk about accents) but had transplanted to PA for my job prior to WUSA...
But I LOVED LOVED LOVED Buffalo!
See you in the morning!
(Read my blog! http://www.wusa9.com/life/community/persona.aspx?U=483ea8355d864a69a42dc70bf89dfbcb&plckPersonaPage=PersonaBlog&plckUserId=483ea8355d864a69a42dc70bf89dfbcb -- COULD THAT LINK BE ANY LONGER???)
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: 6/19/2008 5:47 PM
: 6/19/2008 5:47 PM
How very cool, Kim! I didn't realize that Google Alerts would contact someone who's mentioned in a blog. Interesting! :-)
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