Ha! This was such a good read! As a low key Canadian, NYC has never been on my radar but when I see it in TV shows it intrigues me. Not enough to visit though. I get anxiety over the thought of being among so many humans at once 😂
As for slang and abbreviations, I picked up a ton of weird language from spending 15 years all over Jamaica. Their Patois is English but it's so broken and improper and abrupt.
I quickly learned how to order a tank of gas the proper Jamaican way. You don't say "Can I have $20 worth of regular please?"
You abruptly say, "2000....87."
$2000 jmd is twenty dollars and 87 is the octane level of regular gas 😂😂
Love this. I've only been to NY once, but I was so impressed with my niece's very confident NY attitude while hailing a cab. Fun stuff. Hope to return! 💜
Haven't been to NYC but I am planning to, so thank you for the warning...👀 If I was in your position, I'd be too embarrassed to interact with other people or even open my mouth to talk.
love this great essay i remember when you were a greenhorn on here maybe i teased you about the lighting cream rises to the top i guess....better go back see what else i missed
The abbreviations of twenty-somethings to their parents must be universal - I also get the silent one from mine. Loved the NYC lingo and that you were raised in LA but grew up in NYC!
I miss NYC, but not so much the abbreviations as the lingo. I learned what a regular coffee was before I was old enough to drink it. I still stand on line at the post office, and sarcasm is my primary language. Thanks for taking me home.
"Silence is the truest form of abbreviation." <Savors the girl who can't speak> 😂
Great quote.
Ha! This was such a good read! As a low key Canadian, NYC has never been on my radar but when I see it in TV shows it intrigues me. Not enough to visit though. I get anxiety over the thought of being among so many humans at once 😂
As for slang and abbreviations, I picked up a ton of weird language from spending 15 years all over Jamaica. Their Patois is English but it's so broken and improper and abrupt.
I quickly learned how to order a tank of gas the proper Jamaican way. You don't say "Can I have $20 worth of regular please?"
You abruptly say, "2000....87."
$2000 jmd is twenty dollars and 87 is the octane level of regular gas 😂😂
NYC can be overwhelming at first. I love Boston. It’s doable.
That’s so funny about the gas in Jamaica. Every local has its own language. 🥰
I have been to Boston just once for a few days. Beautiful city!
LOL! 😁
This had me LOL for real through the whole CK!
Thx so much for reading and commenting! NY can inspire much humor.
INRI is my earliest abbreviation encounter. Just found out it's meaning thanks to the internet. (Iesus Nazarenus Rex Iudaeorum)
Beautiful. Thx for reading and the spiritual abbreviation. There ought to be more. GIG (G-d is great.) 🙏🥰
This is so fun. TISF 🫶
Very funny, like a modern day Erma Bombeck.
OMG! I am completely humbled. I love Erma. Wow. Thank you for the kind words. May I quote you????
Sure...
Love this. I've only been to NY once, but I was so impressed with my niece's very confident NY attitude while hailing a cab. Fun stuff. Hope to return! 💜
Thx for reading and commenting! Whenever I go into an iffy neighborhood I “put on my New York.”
Haven't been to NYC but I am planning to, so thank you for the warning...👀 If I was in your position, I'd be too embarrassed to interact with other people or even open my mouth to talk.
Thx for reading and commenting! NY is fabulous!
WD 👍🏽😊💜…well done 😎
love this great essay i remember when you were a greenhorn on here maybe i teased you about the lighting cream rises to the top i guess....better go back see what else i missed
Haven’t seen you in a while. Hope all is well. 🙏
The abbreviations of twenty-somethings to their parents must be universal - I also get the silent one from mine. Loved the NYC lingo and that you were raised in LA but grew up in NYC!
Thx, Donna. ❤️
Hilarious essay! I didn’t realize all the abbreviations but here’s one for you to decipher- WTFIGOWATA! Ask me if I remember it. Haha!
Thx, Vic. I know WTF but what’s the rest?
What the f__k is going on with all these abbreviations!
Haha! Love it!
I absolutely adored this one! So many chuckles!
Thank you for reading and commenting!
Thank you for reminding me of "coffee regular"... I SO miss those blue cups :) xo
Thx for reading. I miss those cups too.
I miss NYC, but not so much the abbreviations as the lingo. I learned what a regular coffee was before I was old enough to drink it. I still stand on line at the post office, and sarcasm is my primary language. Thanks for taking me home.
Haha. Thx for reading! Sarcasm won't get you far at the PO. "Regular" would be a funny first word out of a baby NYer's mouth.
So would “fuggetaboudit”