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Anonymous Posted 5 years ago
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The meaning of the word "native"

If you are a native New Yorker, can you be someone who was born in New York but raised in another place? Thank you.

  

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anonymous If you are a native New Yorker, can you be someone who was born in New York but raised in another place? Thank you. It depends.

  • anonymous If you are a native New Yorker, can you be someone who was born in New York but raised in another place?
  • Thank you.
  • It depends.
  • If you have to be a native New Yorker to join the New Yorker's Club that I just made up, you have to have emerged from the womb while your mother's pelvis was within the borders, no quibbling.
  • If your parents moved to New York when you were one week old, I think you can call yourself a native New Yorker, but don't let the kids on the playground find out.
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anonymousIf you are a native New Yorker, can you be someone who was born in New York but raised in another place? Thank you.

It depends. If you have to be a native New Yorker to join the New Yorker's Club that I just made up, you have to have emerged from the womb while your mother's pelvis was within the borders, no quibbling. If your parents moved to New

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