Quoting Benct Philip Jonsson <bpj@...>:
> Roger Mills wrote:
>
> > I had a good friend in Army days-- a very bright and wacky Jewish guy from
> > Brooklyn. Part of his job was to interview new arrivals on base. Upon
> > hearing another Brooklynite, especially another Jew, he could often
> pinpoint
> > _to the street_ what part of the city they came from. He'd come up with
> > things like "Hey, you must be from 65th street; I'm from 62nd..." It was
> > amazing. Perhaps your friend's friend had a similar ability/gift, and was
> > simply picking up on the fact that you lived in a slightly different area.
>
> There is a professor at the Swedish department here in Gothenburg
> who can pinpoint which primary school a person went to. Scary.
I wonder if he'd be able to pinpoint me (assuming his expertise stretches as far
north as Stenungsund). I'm notoriously hard to locate by accent ...
Andreas