As another self-center and boorish native New Yawkah (born in Brooklyn), I'm glad I'm not alone.
On the phone a few days ago, I was describing some locations in the Dutchess/Rockland/etc counties in NY as "upstate" to a friend of mine who was raised not far from those areas, and he attempted to correct my geography. He forgot that I was a native New Yawkah, and when I reminded him, he gave up with exasperation in his voice. As you said, you can't take the city of the New Yawkah. :-)
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Date: 2003-06-16 08:44 am (UTC)On the phone a few days ago, I was describing some locations in the Dutchess/Rockland/etc counties in NY as "upstate" to a friend of mine who was raised not far from those areas, and he attempted to correct my geography. He forgot that I was a native New Yawkah, and when I reminded him, he gave up with exasperation in his voice. As you said, you can't take the city of the New Yawkah. :-)