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Old 03-22-2017, 11:04 AM   #51
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Originally Posted by silverraven View Post
Ok, just to make sure I had my facts correct I waited till my husband came home to double check. My mother in law was born and raised in Brooklyn, NY. Her parents were also born and raised in Brooklyn, NY. When she and my father in law (who was also born and raised in Brooklyn) married in 1956 they moved to East Northport, Long Island. My husband was born and raised on Long Island.
If you listen to Billy Joel's song Scenes from and Italian Restaurant he says Brender and Eddie as opposed to Brenda. He is from Oyster Bay Long Island.
We have many Long Island transplant in Charlotte. Almost every one of them add an R to the end of a name ending in a vowel. I think I am very sensitive to this because my name ends in an A.
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Listening to ... Italian Restaurant, I'm hearing Brenda. Anyone else?
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