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User_gary Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary
Yankee twang
n real life too, you were gentle and that yankee twang of yours which you desperately wanted to get rid of. Now that too is gone.
The first person I thought of on hearing about Manish was our mutual friend, Shabana Azmi.
Playing a self-important socialite and a wannabe reality show winner in Loins Of Punjab Presents, Shabana was excruciatingly funny.
But when I called her on hearing of Manish's death, Shabana was not laughing. "I can't believe Manish is gone. It's been so sudden. He sent me a message saying he was off to Matheran on holiday," she sobbed.
Please explain to me what yankee twang means here.
Source : Mumbai Mirror
The first person I thought of on hearing about Manish was our mutual friend, Shabana Azmi.
Playing a self-important socialite and a wannabe reality show winner in Loins Of Punjab Presents, Shabana was excruciatingly funny.
But when I called her on hearing of Manish's death, Shabana was not laughing. "I can't believe Manish is gone. It's been so sudden. He sent me a message saying he was off to Matheran on holiday," she sobbed.
Please explain to me what yankee twang means here.
Source : Mumbai Mirror
Top answer
Depends on who's saying it. An American saying it would mean a New York accent. A non-American would mean an American accent.
- Depends on who's saying it.
- An American saying it would mean a New York accent.
- A non-American would mean an American accent.
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Depends on who's saying it.
An American saying it would mean a New York accent.
A non-American would mean an American accent.
An American saying it would mean a New York accent.
A non-American would mean an American accent.
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No no no! It's never going to be a New York accent.
To anyone from the American South, a Yankee is someone from the north. From the north, it's for New England. Within New England, it's Maine, Vermont, and New Hampshire.
NOT New York, which has its own set of accents.
(I've never heard it called a "twang" however.)
To anyone from the American South, a Yankee is someone from the north. From the north, it's for New England. Within New England, it's Maine, Vermont, and New Hampshire.
NOT New York, which has its own set of accents.
(I've never heard it called a "twang" however.)
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