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We stopped going to a local favorite of ours because of it. They suck.
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njdevils1982
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a mutual friend of mine got ticked and has been dealing with lyme
from what i heard it just saps all your energy
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Billdo
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I know two people who have it and it sounds like a really bad time. Migraines, super heavy fatigue randomly, etc. Just bad news. I always kinda thought my parents were exaggerating but knowing people with it now as an adult, I get why my parents always warned us about them.
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What do YOU call New Jersey?
This came up on Fodors about a month ago, when someone got insulted by a New Yorker's joking reference to NJ as "joisey." Then I noticed on another travel forum that a lot of people seemed to be calling NJ "joisey." I found it corny and tiresome, but not really insulting. At the time I posted something on the Fodors thread where someone had gotten insulted and on the other forum where the "joisey" thing was so very overused.
It's not an earthshattering issue, but I'm curious what other people here think about this little regional or pseudo-regional expression. Do you refer to NJ as "New Jersey" or as "Jersey," and do you jokingly call it "joisey"? If you do, are you a New Jerseyan imitating the way New Yorkers pronounce the name of our state, or are you a non-New Jersey resident making fun of the way you think people from New Jersey might speak? Or do you just say it for no particular reason?
As a long-time NJ resident (since I was nine) who was born in Brooklyn, I am fairly sure that the playful use of "Joisey" to refer to NJ was originally a way of teasing or making fun of the way NEW YORKERS talked. People in NJ don't normally say "joisey," unless perhaps they are recent arrivals from parts of NYC where NJ is referred as "Jersey" and mispronounced as "joisey." way.
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Most NJ residents probably don't usually refer to the state as "Jersey," but tend to say the whole name, "New Jersey." Many New Yorkers commonly refer to NJ as "Jersey" (even when they pronounce it correctly), and if you hear New Jersey people calling their state "Jersey," there's a good chance that they are originally from NYC or they work and play with New Yorkers so much that they picked up some NewYorkisms. -OP
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I was born and raised in New Jersey and I have always referred to the state as New Jersey.
My dear husband, born and raised in the Bronx (accent and all) refers to my birth state as New Jersey not "joisey". My children also refer to the state by its proper name.
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I am from Texas and I just call it Jersey. I'm not sure why I call it that, I just do. If this is inappropriate, please let me know and I'll make a point of saying New Jersey from now on. It is indeed a very nice state, no matter what you call it
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I say Jersey - but not "joisey" - simply because it's faster - just one less word. I also say DC - not Washington - for the same reason.
I suspect if New Hampshire were near NYC it would be called "Hampshire" for the same reason. I don;t thing there is any disrespect intended. -posted by nytraveler
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I don't think there's any disrespect at all intended when people say "Jersey" either. When I first moved to NJ when I was nine, it seemed that just about everyone in Brooklyn referred to NJ as Jersey, and NYC friends usually do as well. But I've never hear a native-born NJ resident refer to the home state that way. - OP
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I've lived in various parts of NJ since I was five years old. Despite my Fodors moniker, when asked where I'm from, I reply, New Jersey. -posted by jersey
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Not born in New Jersey, but raised there and still reside, and have mostly called it New Jersey, occasionally Jersey, and never "joisey." No one I know from the state has ever pronounced it joisey. My parents are from Brooklyn and have never called it "joisey." I do however, pronounce water as "wudder", rhymes with butter.
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We say joisey but that is because that is what my Uncle calls it that had lived there for 50 years with his accent With family it's "joisey", with strangers it's "jersey"
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My grandfather, born and raised in the Bronx, said "Joisey", "erl", and my favorite, "terlet." We got a big kick out of it as kids. My parents were also born/raised in the Bronx but their accents are much less extreme. Oh, though my dad doesn't pronounce the Ts in "bottle"!
I was also born in the Bronx, then moved an hour north to a town where everyone was from some outer borough of NYC, and my accent (if I even have one?)is even less noticeable than my parents'. Regional accents are definitely changing with time, whether due to the advent of television years ago, or immigration or relocation or whatever. You just don't often hear young people saying "joisey" anymore unless they're kidding around.
And I say "Jersey" (like I say "DC").
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Okay -I had to think about it but this is what I do. If I'm talking seriously I say New Jersey. If the conversation is light hearted or comical I might say Joisey and I beleive it is a comical version of the way you would expect someone from New Jersey to pronounce it. I know people don't actually speak that way from New Jersey . However we have been led to believe that they do mostly through comic relief. That is why I might say it joisey if the conversation were comical. It's not meant to be offensive to people from New Jersey. Just comical to the group I am speaking with at the time. Although - here in upstate NY we know people from New Jersey are well educated and hard working people.
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So an unscientific poll of posters reveals that people from New Jersey, do not call their home state Jersey or joisey, but some New York residents do. I think as with all matters regarding names, people and places should be referred to by the name --or nicknames--they, not others, use.
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I was born in Phila. and moved to South Jersey soon after. When asked where I'm from, I always say South Jersey, never joisey. Some people think it's a different state from North Jersey where they tend to have a New York accent. In college (Trenton), my kind (from SJ) where called southern belles because of our 'accent'. Just ask us how to say water!
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to answer the original post q. i call new jersey home!!
few people in new jersey have the exaggerated accent. it is just a joke and no biggie,
dare i say what is worse, someone saying joisey or asking what exit?????
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I was born and raised in New Jersey and have always called it New Jersey.
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I lived in Queens until I was 8 and then moved to NJ; family is still there. Anyway, I go back and forth between calling it Jersey and New Jersey. Never have I called it Joisey. I do have an accent in which I say dawg, cawfee, tawk, etc. I've worked very hard over the years to mask that, but when I go back there, and am around certain relatives, I tend to slip.
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Interestingly, not a single poster raised the issue we Philly residents get all the time. Whenever people go across the Delaware River, they say they are in "South Jersey." Not "southern New Jersey," just "South Jersey." It's almost as if they want to make it clear they're nowhere near the Newark area. I had never heard the term before I got here five years ago, but very quickly noticed it as standard description.
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Not all of North Jersey is near Newark. That's not why they say South Jersey. You're either from South Jersey, Central Jersey, or North Jersey.
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I was born and raised in New Jersey, then moved all around the country before I finally settled in the mountains of North Carolina and now call that area home.
I've never taken offense at any joke aimed at New Jersey, even when I lived there. I grew up in a town where almost everybody made fun of the state from time to time.
When asked where I was from, I always responded "South Jersey" or "Jersey".
...But he said the dead giveaway of where I was from was when I referred to water as "wooder".
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I grew up in the same area of Jersey (which is how I sometimes refer to it) and I had to tell you that your response gave me a big laugh. I don't even like to say the word "water" because I am so conscious of mispronouncing it as "wooder" that I over-compensate and it ends up sounding even worse! I have heard a lot of jokes about New Jersey.
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Jersey, fuggedaboutit!
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You mispronounced that....in Jersey, it's "fuggedaboudit!"
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Jersey? Which exit?
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The dirty Jerz...
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What an interesting thread - being born and raised in Jersey (which is how I call it) and working all over the country, it's interesting to hear what our rep is - which isnt always about the industrial wasteland/worst crime filled cities that typically fill the media.
When I went to school at Rutgers you had this alignment/pride for what part of Jersey you resided - North, Central, or South Jersey - and then have discussions over what the differences were with the accents, people, etc - it did make time pass by, but really the only (what I believe to be) true difference was that Central/North Jerseyians have more hectic lifestyles assoicated with NYC vs the South Jersey folks who tend to live a more easy-going lifestyle. Does it matter at the end of the day? Not really - but it makes for starting up conversations with
There's also some interesting quirks about Jersey - in discussions with others from outside Jersey, the most common remarks I get are (in this order):
- where's your accent?
- what exit off the turnpike/parkway are you from?
- how far from the city (NYC) are you?
- did you go to Rutgers? I hear that's such a great school (remember, this coming from ppl outside the state, not inside!)
Anyway, to sum it all up, Jersey does have a better rep from ppl outside the state than ppl who are born and raised inside the state - plus, there arent many other places I know where great cities, good beaches, good hiking, good skiing, great shopping, and good schools are all within a few hours reach
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I call it "where I grew up" or just Jersey. (and no, I didn't go to Rutgers, wayyyy to close to home - I grew up 15 mins down the road) - and yes, when asked where in NJ - I say the exit # of the turnpike - (my husband on the other hand also grew up in NJ but near the Parkway & is absolutely clueless when it comes to the Turnpike!)
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LOL, I call it Jersey. I have only been there once and I live in CA, for what that's worth.
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I just loved reading this thread and I have to admit I do get very annoyed when I tell people I am from New Jersey and they say, "Oh, you mean Joisey". I always respond and repeat it again and say, "No, I said New Jersey, not Joisey". In my 35 years of living in NJ, I don't know anyone from NJ that pronouces it like Joisey except the people who try to make a joke about it.
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I live in NJ and have lived her for a good 20 years or so. The rule of thumb is that people from NJ refer to the state as "New Jersey", folks from outside the state refer to it as "Jersey", "Joisey".
NJ to NJ - say what county you're from
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I say "New Jersey," with the correct enunciation, although there is a slight southern drawl involved. ;-) - BayouGal
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Born and raised in Staten Island in sight of Bayonne Bridge. Always called it "Jersey" and called SI "Stat Nyland" so there you go.
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I have lived in "Jersey" for 41 years. That's what I call it. I dont get how people can get insulted over that. Lighten up!!
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I think one or two kids said "Joisey", Freshman year in college 1979! It's a Saturday night live reference that dates you if you use it. I lived in NJ until I was 25 (with 1-2 years outside of the country) from then on I live in NYC (3 years in HI). I have never heard anyone else say joisey. So I am not sure what you are talking about when you say regional expression, its not. I suspect its just older people on this board cracking a funny or attempting?
I call it have New Jersey.
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Born and bred a Jersey girl, I've always called it New Jersey EXCEPT if I'm in the city (that's NYC) and a New Yorker asks where I'm from...then I reply, "over in Jersey."
I distinguish myself as being from North Jersey for whatever reason.
My brother says "wudder" but I don't. ... Oh, and I call northeastern Pennsylvania "Pennsy" but I don't know why...
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Honestly, I don't ever recall anyone calling NJ, "Joisey". Having been born, raised and still living in NJ, I am from New Jersey not Jersey.
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"Jersey" also. I've spent quite a bit of time there on business & lots of natives refer to it that way as well.
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No one in Jersey calls New York York.
Here are more New Yorkisms - poster from NYC
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Anyone who makes fun of the name of the state are probably the same ones coming to clog the beaches during the summer. You can have your joisey shore while I go hike and climb in the Jersey mountains.
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I moved out of NJ last year, but love and miss it and visit frequently.
When I tell people I'm from Jersey (which is what I usually say), and they say "Oh, Joisey?" I always respond, "No one from Jersey ever says Joisey."
When I run into the occasional person from Jersey out here in AZ (which is where I live now), I'll say that I am from South Jersey.
What I really enjoy is people from outside of New Jersey questioning my sports allegiances.
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I have lived in New Jersey my whole life and nobody in New Jersey ever says Joisey. Only people from like upstate New York say that.
I just moved down south to Tampa, Florida. And when i talk to people dey end up asking me if im from New York because of the way i talk, nd then i say no "Im from NEW JERSEY" or just "Jersey", and then they will say, "Oh! Your from new Joisey"
That crap is really annoying.
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I am from Boston, living in Delaware temporarily for a few years, so I drive through the state a lot.
I grew up calling it New Jersey and still call it New Jersey. The only exception is when I talk about the beach communities and use "Jersey Shore" or just "The Shore". I was always Jersey Shore for me, until I moved to Delaware. Here, everyone either visits The Shore or The Beach. The Shore being the Jersey Shore and The Beach being Delaware's beaches.
I don't find people saying "joisey" insulting, nor do I think it should be taken that way. I just find it annoying. For me, it relates to my Boston accent. ... So, I don't do the "joisey" thing and never will. I know how I feel when people do the "Hahvahd" thing and I just always imagined the those in New Jersey must feel the same way about "Joisey".
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I have lived in NJ my entire life - first the Shore, then Central NJ, then North Jersey and now Western NJ. I have never encountered anyone who lives here that says "Joisey." Everyone says "New Jersey." I really only hear "joisey" on TV, radio, or maybe from visitors who are trying to make a joke.
I dont really think its that offensive but when you have heard the same joke a million times its not that funny...its hard to fake a laugh and say "oh, ha ha, how clever" so I find I just roll my eyes. its tiring, not annoying.
By the way, I live about 800 feet from the PA border and I only refer to it as "Pennsyltucky." hah!
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I have lived in New Jersey my whole life (47 years) and have Never called it Joisey. I call it either New Jersey or just Jersey depending on my mood or maybe who I am speaking with. I do find it insulting when people from out of state use the "joisey" reference. I also call going to Manhattan as going to "the city" and I am from the central NJ shore area. I am right on the dividing line of the NY Giants/ Philadelphia Eagles border and find that rather amusing.My husband and I also call Pennsylvania---Pennsyltucky LOL! - bytheseashore
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I was born in "Nork", New Jersey. While I am very well educated, I still do have a classic, though not heavy, Jersey accent.
Like others have said, we do not say Joisey, and like a true Jerseyan, if you said Joisey to my face, I'd tell you that you are a duesh-bag.
Someone above says we always say the full name of our state. That is completely INCORRECT. If not including a city location beforehand, most born here will say Jersey, or more accurately Jurzee.
Jersey has 3 of the five wealiest counties in the state. If you especially live west of 287 and north of 78, you are hanging with the really big bucks, I mean I am tawkin "Trump, Onassis, Johnson & Johnson type of money.
Jersey is a great state, somewhat expensive but hey, we got the shore. LBI rocks! The boardwalk (pronounced broadwawk)was cool when I was a kid, nowadays, not so much. - poster only has one post. This is it.
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Born and raised...it's New Jersey....I HATE when I go out of town and people say "so you're from Joisey" My reply is "Joisy?!?! Where's that!?"
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I'm from NY and I've always called it "Jersey".
I don't know anyone who calls it "Joisey".
What do YOU call New Jersey? - Fodor's Travel Talk Forums
This came up on Fodors about a month ago, when someone got insulted by a New Yorker's joking reference to NJ as "joisey." Then I noticed on another travel forum that a lot of people seemed to be calling NJ "joisey." I found it corny and tiresome, but not really insulting. At the time I posted something on the Fodors thread where someone had gotten insulted and on the other forum where the "joisey" thing was so very overused.
It's not an earthshattering issue, but I'm curious what other people here think about this little regional or pseudo-regional expression. Do you refer to NJ as "New Jersey" or as "Jersey," and do you jokingly call it "joisey"? If you do, are you a New Jerseyan imitating the way New Yorkers pronounce the name of our state, or are you a non-New Jersey resident making fun of the way you think people from New Jersey might speak? Or do you just say it for no particular reason?
As a long-time NJ resident (since I was nine) who was born in Brooklyn, I am fairly sure that the playful use of "Joisey" to refer to NJ was originally a way of teasing or making fun of the way NEW YORKERS talked. People in NJ don't normally say "joisey," unless perhaps they are recent arrivals from parts of NYC where NJ is referred as "Jersey" and mispronounced as "joisey." way.
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Most NJ residents probably don't usually refer to the state as "Jersey," but tend to say the whole name, "New Jersey." Many New Yorkers commonly refer to NJ as "Jersey" (even when they pronounce it correctly), and if you hear New Jersey people calling their state "Jersey," there's a good chance that they are originally from NYC or they work and play with New Yorkers so much that they picked up some NewYorkisms. -OP
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I was born and raised in New Jersey and I have always referred to the state as New Jersey.
My dear husband, born and raised in the Bronx (accent and all) refers to my birth state as New Jersey not "joisey". My children also refer to the state by its proper name.
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I am from Texas and I just call it Jersey. I'm not sure why I call it that, I just do. If this is inappropriate, please let me know and I'll make a point of saying New Jersey from now on. It is indeed a very nice state, no matter what you call it
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I say Jersey - but not "joisey" - simply because it's faster - just one less word. I also say DC - not Washington - for the same reason.
I suspect if New Hampshire were near NYC it would be called "Hampshire" for the same reason. I don;t thing there is any disrespect intended. -posted by nytraveler
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I don't think there's any disrespect at all intended when people say "Jersey" either. When I first moved to NJ when I was nine, it seemed that just about everyone in Brooklyn referred to NJ as Jersey, and NYC friends usually do as well. But I've never hear a native-born NJ resident refer to the home state that way. - OP
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I've lived in various parts of NJ since I was five years old. Despite my Fodors moniker, when asked where I'm from, I reply, New Jersey. -posted by jersey
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Not born in New Jersey, but raised there and still reside, and have mostly called it New Jersey, occasionally Jersey, and never "joisey." No one I know from the state has ever pronounced it joisey. My parents are from Brooklyn and have never called it "joisey." I do however, pronounce water as "wudder", rhymes with butter.
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We say joisey but that is because that is what my Uncle calls it that had lived there for 50 years with his accent With family it's "joisey", with strangers it's "jersey"
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My grandfather, born and raised in the Bronx, said "Joisey", "erl", and my favorite, "terlet." We got a big kick out of it as kids. My parents were also born/raised in the Bronx but their accents are much less extreme. Oh, though my dad doesn't pronounce the Ts in "bottle"!
I was also born in the Bronx, then moved an hour north to a town where everyone was from some outer borough of NYC, and my accent (if I even have one?)is even less noticeable than my parents'. Regional accents are definitely changing with time, whether due to the advent of television years ago, or immigration or relocation or whatever. You just don't often hear young people saying "joisey" anymore unless they're kidding around.
And I say "Jersey" (like I say "DC").
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Okay -I had to think about it but this is what I do. If I'm talking seriously I say New Jersey. If the conversation is light hearted or comical I might say Joisey and I beleive it is a comical version of the way you would expect someone from New Jersey to pronounce it. I know people don't actually speak that way from New Jersey . However we have been led to believe that they do mostly through comic relief. That is why I might say it joisey if the conversation were comical. It's not meant to be offensive to people from New Jersey. Just comical to the group I am speaking with at the time. Although - here in upstate NY we know people from New Jersey are well educated and hard working people.
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So an unscientific poll of posters reveals that people from New Jersey, do not call their home state Jersey or joisey, but some New York residents do. I think as with all matters regarding names, people and places should be referred to by the name --or nicknames--they, not others, use.
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I was born in Phila. and moved to South Jersey soon after. When asked where I'm from, I always say South Jersey, never joisey. Some people think it's a different state from North Jersey where they tend to have a New York accent. In college (Trenton), my kind (from SJ) where called southern belles because of our 'accent'. Just ask us how to say water!
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to answer the original post q. i call new jersey home!!
few people in new jersey have the exaggerated accent. it is just a joke and no biggie,
dare i say what is worse, someone saying joisey or asking what exit?????
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I was born and raised in New Jersey and have always called it New Jersey.
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I lived in Queens until I was 8 and then moved to NJ; family is still there. Anyway, I go back and forth between calling it Jersey and New Jersey. Never have I called it Joisey. I do have an accent in which I say dawg, cawfee, tawk, etc. I've worked very hard over the years to mask that, but when I go back there, and am around certain relatives, I tend to slip.
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Interestingly, not a single poster raised the issue we Philly residents get all the time. Whenever people go across the Delaware River, they say they are in "South Jersey." Not "southern New Jersey," just "South Jersey." It's almost as if they want to make it clear they're nowhere near the Newark area. I had never heard the term before I got here five years ago, but very quickly noticed it as standard description.
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Not all of North Jersey is near Newark. That's not why they say South Jersey. You're either from South Jersey, Central Jersey, or North Jersey.
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I was born and raised in New Jersey, then moved all around the country before I finally settled in the mountains of North Carolina and now call that area home.
I've never taken offense at any joke aimed at New Jersey, even when I lived there. I grew up in a town where almost everybody made fun of the state from time to time.
When asked where I was from, I always responded "South Jersey" or "Jersey".
...But he said the dead giveaway of where I was from was when I referred to water as "wooder".
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I grew up in the same area of Jersey (which is how I sometimes refer to it) and I had to tell you that your response gave me a big laugh. I don't even like to say the word "water" because I am so conscious of mispronouncing it as "wooder" that I over-compensate and it ends up sounding even worse! I have heard a lot of jokes about New Jersey.
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Jersey, fuggedaboutit!
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You mispronounced that....in Jersey, it's "fuggedaboudit!"
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Jersey? Which exit?
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The dirty Jerz...
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What an interesting thread - being born and raised in Jersey (which is how I call it) and working all over the country, it's interesting to hear what our rep is - which isnt always about the industrial wasteland/worst crime filled cities that typically fill the media.
When I went to school at Rutgers you had this alignment/pride for what part of Jersey you resided - North, Central, or South Jersey - and then have discussions over what the differences were with the accents, people, etc - it did make time pass by, but really the only (what I believe to be) true difference was that Central/North Jerseyians have more hectic lifestyles assoicated with NYC vs the South Jersey folks who tend to live a more easy-going lifestyle. Does it matter at the end of the day? Not really - but it makes for starting up conversations with
There's also some interesting quirks about Jersey - in discussions with others from outside Jersey, the most common remarks I get are (in this order):
- where's your accent?
- what exit off the turnpike/parkway are you from?
- how far from the city (NYC) are you?
- did you go to Rutgers? I hear that's such a great school (remember, this coming from ppl outside the state, not inside!)
Anyway, to sum it all up, Jersey does have a better rep from ppl outside the state than ppl who are born and raised inside the state - plus, there arent many other places I know where great cities, good beaches, good hiking, good skiing, great shopping, and good schools are all within a few hours reach
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I call it "where I grew up" or just Jersey. (and no, I didn't go to Rutgers, wayyyy to close to home - I grew up 15 mins down the road) - and yes, when asked where in NJ - I say the exit # of the turnpike - (my husband on the other hand also grew up in NJ but near the Parkway & is absolutely clueless when it comes to the Turnpike!)
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LOL, I call it Jersey. I have only been there once and I live in CA, for what that's worth.
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I just loved reading this thread and I have to admit I do get very annoyed when I tell people I am from New Jersey and they say, "Oh, you mean Joisey". I always respond and repeat it again and say, "No, I said New Jersey, not Joisey". In my 35 years of living in NJ, I don't know anyone from NJ that pronouces it like Joisey except the people who try to make a joke about it.
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I live in NJ and have lived her for a good 20 years or so. The rule of thumb is that people from NJ refer to the state as "New Jersey", folks from outside the state refer to it as "Jersey", "Joisey".
NJ to NJ - say what county you're from
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I say "New Jersey," with the correct enunciation, although there is a slight southern drawl involved. ;-) - BayouGal
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Born and raised in Staten Island in sight of Bayonne Bridge. Always called it "Jersey" and called SI "Stat Nyland" so there you go.
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I have lived in "Jersey" for 41 years. That's what I call it. I dont get how people can get insulted over that. Lighten up!!
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I think one or two kids said "Joisey", Freshman year in college 1979! It's a Saturday night live reference that dates you if you use it. I lived in NJ until I was 25 (with 1-2 years outside of the country) from then on I live in NYC (3 years in HI). I have never heard anyone else say joisey. So I am not sure what you are talking about when you say regional expression, its not. I suspect its just older people on this board cracking a funny or attempting?
I call it have New Jersey.
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Born and bred a Jersey girl, I've always called it New Jersey EXCEPT if I'm in the city (that's NYC) and a New Yorker asks where I'm from...then I reply, "over in Jersey."
I distinguish myself as being from North Jersey for whatever reason.
My brother says "wudder" but I don't. ... Oh, and I call northeastern Pennsylvania "Pennsy" but I don't know why...
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Honestly, I don't ever recall anyone calling NJ, "Joisey". Having been born, raised and still living in NJ, I am from New Jersey not Jersey.
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"Jersey" also. I've spent quite a bit of time there on business & lots of natives refer to it that way as well.
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No one in Jersey calls New York York.
Here are more New Yorkisms - poster from NYC
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Anyone who makes fun of the name of the state are probably the same ones coming to clog the beaches during the summer. You can have your joisey shore while I go hike and climb in the Jersey mountains.
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I moved out of NJ last year, but love and miss it and visit frequently.
When I tell people I'm from Jersey (which is what I usually say), and they say "Oh, Joisey?" I always respond, "No one from Jersey ever says Joisey."
When I run into the occasional person from Jersey out here in AZ (which is where I live now), I'll say that I am from South Jersey.
What I really enjoy is people from outside of New Jersey questioning my sports allegiances.
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I have lived in New Jersey my whole life and nobody in New Jersey ever says Joisey. Only people from like upstate New York say that.
I just moved down south to Tampa, Florida. And when i talk to people dey end up asking me if im from New York because of the way i talk, nd then i say no "Im from NEW JERSEY" or just "Jersey", and then they will say, "Oh! Your from new Joisey"
That crap is really annoying.
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I am from Boston, living in Delaware temporarily for a few years, so I drive through the state a lot.
I grew up calling it New Jersey and still call it New Jersey. The only exception is when I talk about the beach communities and use "Jersey Shore" or just "The Shore". I was always Jersey Shore for me, until I moved to Delaware. Here, everyone either visits The Shore or The Beach. The Shore being the Jersey Shore and The Beach being Delaware's beaches.
I don't find people saying "joisey" insulting, nor do I think it should be taken that way. I just find it annoying. For me, it relates to my Boston accent. ... So, I don't do the "joisey" thing and never will. I know how I feel when people do the "Hahvahd" thing and I just always imagined the those in New Jersey must feel the same way about "Joisey".
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I have lived in NJ my entire life - first the Shore, then Central NJ, then North Jersey and now Western NJ. I have never encountered anyone who lives here that says "Joisey." Everyone says "New Jersey." I really only hear "joisey" on TV, radio, or maybe from visitors who are trying to make a joke.
I dont really think its that offensive but when you have heard the same joke a million times its not that funny...its hard to fake a laugh and say "oh, ha ha, how clever" so I find I just roll my eyes. its tiring, not annoying.
By the way, I live about 800 feet from the PA border and I only refer to it as "Pennsyltucky." hah!
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I have lived in New Jersey my whole life (47 years) and have Never called it Joisey. I call it either New Jersey or just Jersey depending on my mood or maybe who I am speaking with. I do find it insulting when people from out of state use the "joisey" reference. I also call going to Manhattan as going to "the city" and I am from the central NJ shore area. I am right on the dividing line of the NY Giants/ Philadelphia Eagles border and find that rather amusing.My husband and I also call Pennsylvania---Pennsyltucky LOL! - bytheseashore
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I was born in "Nork", New Jersey. While I am very well educated, I still do have a classic, though not heavy, Jersey accent.
Like others have said, we do not say Joisey, and like a true Jerseyan, if you said Joisey to my face, I'd tell you that you are a duesh-bag.
Someone above says we always say the full name of our state. That is completely INCORRECT. If not including a city location beforehand, most born here will say Jersey, or more accurately Jurzee.
Jersey has 3 of the five wealiest counties in the state. If you especially live west of 287 and north of 78, you are hanging with the really big bucks, I mean I am tawkin "Trump, Onassis, Johnson & Johnson type of money.
Jersey is a great state, somewhat expensive but hey, we got the shore. LBI rocks! The boardwalk (pronounced broadwawk)was cool when I was a kid, nowadays, not so much. - poster only has one post. This is it.
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Born and raised...it's New Jersey....I HATE when I go out of town and people say "so you're from Joisey" My reply is "Joisy?!?! Where's that!?"
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I'm from NY and I've always called it "Jersey".
I don't know anyone who calls it "Joisey".
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I think the "Joisey" thing may be a reference to the character portrayed by Joe Piscopo on SNL way back in like 1981-1983. Being a born and raised Westchester County kid in NY I called it Jersey for the most part but it wasn't derogatory, just easier. Why say two words when one will do sort of thing.
Tao Jersey Jones
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Some say Brooklynite, Curly Howard, said "Joisey", with The Three Stooges. I haven't found any examples except from the 2012 remake where they connect with the Jersey Shore cast. When I was very young my uncles would turn off my cartoons to put The Three Stooges on at my grandpaerents' house in Cherry Hill, so I never liked them and still am not a big slapstick fan, even though at that young age, I hypocritically loved Tom & Jerry (basis of Itchy & Scratchy).
Anyway, Curly did have some expressions like:
"I'm a victim of soikemstance! [circumstance]"-used to express uncertainty
"Soitenly!" ("certainly")
"I'll moider you!" ("I'll murder you!")
"Joisey" would be a logical extension of the mispronunciation. If Curly Howard never said, "Joisey", then I like to think Jersey Joe Piscopo probably got some inspiration from Curly.
An album, New Jersey, for Columbia Records, followed in 1985 and an ABC special called The Joe Piscopo New Jersey Special in May 1986.
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edit: I guess Piscopo said, "Jersey", not "Joisey" after all. It's been so long. I can never read or say "Jersey" without an exaggerated accent though.
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I am old enough to have watched plenty of stooges in my youth. I was always more of a Marx Brothers guy but comedy is subjective. I’ve certainly heard Curly say “soitenly” a time or two. This may go down as one of those unsolved mysteries like Bigfoot and the Loch Ness Monster or my wife’s sister.
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I should probably get my girlfriend tested for it, would explain the last few months...
Azathoth
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Yea Lyme is pretty awful. When I was in undergrad, I used to work summers doing endangered species surveys in the pine barrens and it was pretty routine that every day I’d come home and find like 5 or 6 ticks embedded in me. Lyme was like a combo of feeling achy like you had a bad cold plus extreme fatigue. Thankfully antibiotics work well for it (at least for me anyway).
njdevils1982
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100% posted this one before but cant hurt again…….note the drummer and his shoddy drum kit at the beginning and thats a 20" bass drum it's what i use…...and the insane guitar solo in this one. 2 1/2 minutes
then the 80's happened…..or as i've heard…. "coke happened"
then the 80's happened…..or as i've heard…. "coke happened"
njdevils1982
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John Lennon was shot 41 years ago tonight. He was deeply flawed. As are we all. He was also growing as a person and I like to think would have finally matured into an even tempered guy with age as most of us do. The world is infinitely worse off without him.
njdevils1982
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Tao Jersey Jones
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I didn't even fast forward through the commercials. Ry-Krisp, the body cracker.
njdevils1982
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me too ….and i hate ads these days… the body cracker was one of the better ones
I'm curious if that bass line was on its own track or was extracted later by someone outside the studio. Very cool.
njdevils1982
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Jack Be Quick
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I've had some pretty bad experiences with these foul little creatures on Fire Island as that entire place is infested them. We're talking about the ticks here though, not the short island townies.
Lyme is what one of dogs ended up succumbing to due to getting it from a trip there. Another dog of mine passed from renal failure because she (unbeknownst to us at the time of adoption) had Lyme.
Nasty, nasty disease.
Do you guys know of any sprays that are effective enough to at least not get bitten before I get home? They must exist.
Jack Be Quick
Hasek Is Right
I'm somewhat of an expert in this field and don't believe it's Lyme.
It's commonly referred to as GARTHPS, or, get a raise and take her to Paris syndrome. It unfortunately affects roughly 53% of the American female population and I don't believe there's a spray, but I'd bet Phizer is working on it.
Jack Be Quick
Hasek Is Right
Equity is the goal. It was explained pretty thoroughly to the country for the better part of a year. I don't recall color blind ever coming into the conversation as that's an impossible concept.
That said I'm all for this. Newark is an economically depressed, predominantly black city. Many people in the area do great work and deserve to benefit from the mostly white tourists pouring in for games and concerts. I also like to believe creating good will in the community certainly can't hurt.
Expand the fan base and the talent pool any way you can in this sport, especially in urban centers. Because it's currently viewed as a rich white kid game in most of the US and Canada and the NHL isn't exactly keeping pace with the growth of a few other big leagues.
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