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New York

  • Pizza Paula - Pizza Parlor
  • How Awe Ya? - How are You?
  • straphangers - subway riders
  • Good Sense a Yuma - Good Sense of Humor
  • Poppy wit a shmear - Poppy seed bagel with cream cheese
  • Less order a pie - Lets order a pizza
  • Hawbuh - Harbor

    New Orleans

  • Donna bay ya - Down at the bayou
  • Po boy - Sub sandwich
  • Ah cane't - I can't
  • Fo true? - Seriously
  • Where y'at - Where are you at?
  • Peench the tails - Way to eat crayfish
  • San Francisco

  • Diggedy Dog - Really good
  • Dude - Hello sir
  • Sweet Home Alabama

  • Ya'll, You all - All of you
  • Buggies- Shopping Cart
  • Moanin - Morning
  • Mash the button - Push the button
  • Aggs - Eggs
  • Skeeter Hawks - Dragonflies
  • Hei-di - Greeting
  • Do what? - Pardon
  • Hard - Hired
  • lightnin', huntin', fishin'- lighting, hunting, fishing
  • Askeered - To be afraid
  • wif - with
  • Dude