> [mailto:CONLANG@listserv.brown.edu] On Behalf Of Mark J. Reed
> On 10/25/07, li_sasxsek@nutter.net <li_sasxsek@...> wrote:
> > Judge Judy is one to talk about others' manner of speech!
>
> I suspect she wasn't judging (despite her position) so much as
> offering constructive advice about the legal profession. She,
> meanwhile, has progressed to the status of jurist and therefore is
on
> the other end of the equation: lawyers have to impress her, not the
> other way around. So she can talk any way she darn well likes. :)
It's just part of my dislike for New York dialects. Every time I hear
a New Yorker speak, I have this overwhelming urge to tell them to
finish chewing their food before they speak.