New York City and "oil" is pronounced "erl"; this leads to the caricature of New Yorkers saying things like "Joizey" (Jersey), "Toidy-Toid Street" (33rd St.) and "terlet" (toilet). The character Archie Bunker from the 1970s sitcom "All in the Family" (played by Carroll O'Connor) was an example of having used this pattern of speech. The classic version of the New York City dialect is generally centered on middle and working-class New Yorkers. The influx of non-European immigrants in recent decades has led to changes in this distinctive dialect, and the traditional form of this speech pattern is no longer as prevalent among general
Parsley Sidings Mr J.G. Reeder, starring Hugh Burden. It was broadcast between 1969 and 1971. Parsley Sidings Parsley Sidings is a BBC Radio sitcom created by Jim Eldridge. It stars Arthur Lowe and Ian Lavender (who also starred in the television wartime sitcom "Dad's Army" at that time), together with Kenneth Connor from the "Carry On" films. The scripts are by Jim Eldridge (who would later go on to write for many more series, the most successful being the BBC's "King Street Junior"). The show is set in a sleepy out of the way railway station on the main line between London