Oh, not a burning question, just idle curiosity.
Excuse me, I meant BRAVO! Here's the link with the background bios on the Fab 5:
http://www.bravotv.com/Queer_Eye_for_the_Straight_Guy/
JAi is definately Indian - and Rodriguez is not a rare surname in India, specially in areas like Goa and Pondicherry.
Anyone *that* cute has to be Indian
For those who participated in the discussion here about Jewish "accents," here's a thread you might enjoy. A Jewish accent isn't so much an accent as it is a mindset and an approach to language.
Enjoy.
http://www.able2know.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=10418&highlight=
The Fab Five will be on Leno tonight, redoing the set and a make over for Jay. What are they going to do to that chin? I'm sure they'll think of some jokes like maybe, "Someone put the light out in that lantern, please." Okay, I'm no Bruce Valanch.
It's continued tomorrow night for the final makeover. They did have a lot of fun including Jay with ribbing Kevin Costner. He's thinking of changing the name of his new Western to "Open Closet Range."
Coming so late into the debate re:NY accents, I'm almost reluctant to post this. But, what the heck, I've been away and couldn't post earlier. (Last weekend in NYC, after a grueling three-week, seven-city trip.)
Roberta, I respectfully disagree with your phonetic rendering of how to spell 'dog' in Newyorkese. 'Dawg' is the way they pronounce it in Baltimore. If I had to spell it phonetically in Newyorkese, it would be duog. The 'o' sound is rounded, not drawn-out or flat.
Sorry for the digression. I still haven't seen the show under discussion.
I think I can second that!
Merry Andrew, You're casting an aspersion on my accent? You've got a noive. I'm telling you. Dog rhymes with morgue.
Harumph.
The full hour versions are now following "Will and Grace" on Thursday evenings -- at least until the Fall shows. It may even go into next season despite the fact that the will have to do someting to add more spice and variety to the show.
Roberta, Andy can be very noivy.
Roboita, far be it from me to cast aspersions or bespersions or even cespersions on your undoubtedly sensitive ear for dialectal variations in the language as she is spoke. On the contrary, I think you're quite right in saying that up around Flatbush and Bensonhoist 'dog' rhymes with 'morgue.'
Why didn't I think of that?
Andy, I'm from the Bronx, and dog rhymes with morgue there too. My accent has evolved a bit. I pronounce more Rs than do many other New Yorkers. But a dawg will always be a dawg to me. The sound is the same as in coffee.
In Boston, that's 'kah-fee', Roberta.
Apropos of which, do you know what the word 'khaki'(standard pronunciation) signifies in my home town?
Andy, I can only assume that khaki doesn't refer to greenish brownish pants.
It's what one uses to start one's motor vehicle, no?
