Word: deckered
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Stepping over that invisible border does more than simply change the street signs from green to blue. It acts as a type of psychological time warp, taking this traveler out of Cambridge 1999 and delivering her into an industrial 1950s town. Instantly, an influx of dilapidated, mint-green, triple-decker houses dot the streets and countless abandoned businesses with fading airbrushed signs line up next to one another...
...immediate danger of disappearing, but the traditional linguistic features associated with it have been replaced by new distinctive characteristics. A Bostonian might not say "cah" any more - for car - but they will say potato puff for tater tot. Sprinkles will be jimmies. And they'll use terms like "triple-decker" and "grinder," which don't really appear outside of the region. Vaux says he could probably identify where a person is from, by asking under ten questions regarding such idiosyncracies in language. He explains that one of the main reasons the world's languages vary so widely involves...
Hours before she was assured a spot on the council, over 100 eager supporters and fans filled the restaurant in anticipation of Decker's forthcoming victory. The visibly relieved Decker described the campaign as an amazing--albeit exhausting--experience...
...just really thrilled that I've had so many friends and supporters throughout the past months," Decker said. "It has been such a great experience to run in the city that you grew...
...Decker said that she had over 3,000 supporters and hoped that the election would produce more than a new City Council...