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Originally Posted by SeaBookGuy
Being from New Jersey myself, I would say "a couple million dollars" in casual conversation, although it comes it more as an elision "cuplah" off the printed page. To actually say "They dug a couple bullets outta (da) wall" is more New York City to me ("Brooklynese"). Similarly, in spoken American, it's really "Get offa me!" On the other hand, back when I was addicted to Eastenders, I found the expression "moving house" horribly redundant.
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Reminds me of my trip to Australia. When people heard I was from NJ they kept trying to get me to say "How you doin" When I did they all laughed. They didn't think people really spoke in that way. Of course, they also thought The Sopranos and Jersey Shore were fiction.