What grade were Jo and Blair supposed to be in when Jo came to Eastland for the first time? That's been bugging me for awhile. And what grades were the other girls in, too, at that time? If anyone knows, please post!! Thanks a lot. http://www.sitcomsonline.com/ubb/smile.gif (And just another question...does anyone think Jo's Bronx accent was thicker when she first came, compared to the later episodes...I thought it sounded sorta like that. Anyone else think so)?

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"You're born, you move on, you die. That's life." ~ Jo Polniaczek

"You can't always trust your parents. Sometimes they think for themselves." ~ Natalie Green

10th... 'cuz they graduated in 1982 and jo arrived in '80 (I'm not totally certain though!!!!!)

when jo comes she and blair are in 10th grade...nat is in 8th grade and tootie is in 6th grade (i think) , i also agree with u her acent is a lot thicker in the earlier seasons... but i think when you move to a different place and u are there for a while you sort of lose ur acent a little,(like she moved from the bronx to a small town in upstate ny) for example: my really good friend moved from texas and when she first moved she had a huge acent but nowit seems like she dosent have an acent all(same with my friend who moved from south carolina)

I agree with you, foljbnt101, Jo and Blair are in the 10th and Nat is in the 8th. But, I think that Tootie is only one year younger than Nat, so I think Tootie is in the 7th.

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Blair and Jo were Sophmores, which means they were in the 10th grade. Natalie was in the 8th grade, and I'm pretty sure Tootie was in the 7th because Tootie is just a year younger than Natalie.

As for the accent, it was definetly thicker when she first arrived. When she made the remark "I'm gonna loosen some 'teef'" you could tell. IMO Nancy did a great job of giving Jo an accent and knowing when to slow that accent down.

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i would think that tootie would be in 6th grade. because my friends and i are all 13 and we are in 7th. she looks a lot younger than me too.

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nat~ who wants to be a skinny pencil. i would rather be a happy magic marker!

Tootie was definatley in the 8th grade because in the episode "Bus Stop" when Nat graduates Tootie asks Natalie how she could do that to her and Nat remarks, "Well, I am a year older." So, Blair and Jo were in 10th, Nat in 8th, and Tootie in 7th. As for Tootie looking young, I think they just dressed her thatway so that she could be the "little cutie-pie". You'll notice, though, she was "developed" even in the first season.

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Mr. Bradley: .....and that girls is the thrill of victory!

Tootie: Or the agony of DA FEET!

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Natalie: Who wants to be a skinny pencil? I'd rather be a happy magic marker!

What I never understood was that Blair told her wrestling boyfriend in Season 1 that she had two more years at Eastland meaning she was a sophomore. The next year Jo appeared and Blair was a sophomore again.

Either we were to forget about Blair being a sophomore the first year or maybe Mr. Bradley flunked Blair in English Lit because of the stolen poem so she had to retake 10th grade?

that's why i was confused, too, because in "Pretty Babies" (I think), Blair says she's a Junior, and that was the first year Jo came.

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"You're born, you move on, you die. That's life." ~ Jo Polniaczek

"You can't always trust your parents. Sometimes they think for themselves." ~ Natalie Green

I think we've gone over this before... the writers x-nayed the fact of Blair being a sophmore in the first season. Because Balir and Jo graduated in 83'.(sophmore year:80-81 junior year:81-82 senior year:82-83). Nat graduated in 85' two years after Blair and Jo, and Tootie graduated the year after that.
Despite the line in 'Pretty Babies' that Blair was a junior, they were really in the tenth grade(a basic writer screw-up).

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Originally posted by ks:
As for the accent, it was definetly thicker when she first arrived. When she made the remark "I'm gonna loosen some 'teef'" you could tell. IMO Nancy did a great job of giving Jo an accent and knowing when to slow that accent down.

ks, I am going to have to disagree. I think that Nancy, being a New York native, had a little bit of that accent naturally. You can still pick out part of that accent in her Lifetime commercials. I think she played it up a little initially to give a richer, "New Yoke" sound to it, but I have a feeling that as the show became more successful, Nancy probably wound up spending some time with a dialect coach. Not to rip on our girl Nancy, but I don't think she had to ham her accent up too much.

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[QUOTE]Originally posted by coily2:
[B] ks, I am going to have to disagree. I think that Nancy, being a New York native, had a little bit of that accent naturally. You can still pick out part of that accent in her Lifetime commercials. I think she played it up a little initially to give a richer, "New Yoke" sound to it, but I have a feeling that as the show became more successful, Nancy probably wound up spending some time with a dialect coach. Not to rip on our girl Nancy, but I don't think she had to ham her accent up too much.
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LOL, I picked up on that today too when I was watching Love,Honor,and Obey and she got into a yelling match! I couldn't help but smile at the sound because it sounded so much like Jo. I do believe she thickened her accent playing Jo though, but someone else who dropped their accent was Lisa. It was thick in the first season but she really toned it down after that. I think she really got into the 'Blair' character!
Anyway I've never been to NY so I have no idea of how they talk. I'm sure the way I speak would be Greek to them...

Eeek, I can't wait until the "Intimate Portrait" and "The Division" premier!

Happy New Year, everyone!

ks

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I totally agree, KS!! I was watching it today and I was like, she might be playing a different part but she's still showing some Jo!!! http://www.sitcomsonline.com/ubb/smile.gif

talk to you later,i'm missing half of fol already (almost!!!) hehe http://www.sitcomsonline.com/ubb/smile.gif

happy new year!

Well speaking as a bronx girl, I agree that accents do die down a bit when u move from place to place. My cousins for example lived here and then moved to Peekskill and they suddenly started losing a lil bit of the accent and the slang usage. So did my older brother. They havent lost it completely but u can still tell ya know. I have to say though, I just loved Jos accent and I too noticed that it died a bit in the later seasons.

I agree that Jo dod haev a thicker accent her first year of the show.