Re: New Joisey

[Kire]

seriously, where did this come from? I demand a complete etymological investigation.

http://demopedia.democraticunderground.com/index.php/New_Jersey#Nickname

[BlueEyedSon]

1. "You from Joisey...? I'm from Joisey!"

"What exit?"

:rofl:

[Paul Dlugokencky]

2. I tink it stahted wit Noo Yawkers

We say we're goin' to Joisey when we take the PATH train or the GWB.

Now, can you explain HoHoKus? Is that where Houdini came from?



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[NYC2099]

4. HoHoKus?

Its an indian word that describes the cedar trees that populated the area eons ago.

[FogerRox]

8. Loooing Ilan

Means long island

The land of Red Cameros

[Paul Dlugokencky]

9. That's where I'm from (and on)

...and it's "Lawn Guyland" : )



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[FogerRox]

11. OOoohhhhh thats a good one--- I like it--I used to live

in Oyster Bay and then Stony Brook

[bunkerbuster1]

3. Hazarding a guess.

It was some Hollywood (or Broadway?) scriptwriter's idea of a generic nasal Northeastern accent, methinks.

Think of the honking Hot Box girls in "Guys and Dolls", for instance.

I've lived there nearly 30 years, and NEVER ONCE heard a native pronounce it thus. "Juhsey", yes. "Joisey," never.

anyone heading downtheshore this weekend?

[BlueEyedSon]

5. Probably coined by someone from toidy-toid and toid!

[Paul Dlugokencky]

10. My uncle used to say "Joisey"

...but he also used to say "samich" for sandwich.



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[mcscajun]

6. Growing up in The Bronx and living later in Manhattan

It was almost always "Jersey", occasionally "New Jersey", but Never, Ever "Joisey". Must be a Brooklyn and/or Hollywood Thing.

[FogerRox]

7. mira kablunk dornikian porrasebelusca