Bay Area:
“Who are you again?”
\ˈhü\ \ˈär\ \ˈyü\ \e-ˈgān\
English:
“What company do you work for?”
Bay Area:
“Do you live in this neighborhood?”
\ˈdü\ \ˈyü\ \ˈliv\ \ən\ \ˈthis\ \ˈnā-bər-ˌhu̇d\
English:
“Can you afford to live in San Francisco?”
Bay Area:
“We should get lunch.”
\ˈwē\ \ˈshu̇d\ \ˈget\ \ˈlənch\
English:
“I’ve identified your value relative to me and wish to start the process of exploiting your talents.”
Bay Area:
“Our new mobile optimization will change the internet as we know it.”
\är\ \ˈnü\ \ˈmō-bəl\ \ˌäp-tə-mə-ˈzā-shən\ \wəl\ \ˈchānj\ \THē\ \ˈin-tər-ˌnet\ \əz\ \ˈwē\ \ˈnō\ \ˈit\
English:
“My startup has yet to go public and is actively seeking angel investors.”
Bay Area:
“What’s your Facebook?”
\(h)wəts\ \yo͝or\ \ˈfāsbo͝ok\
English:
1. “I would like to mine the Internet for information about you that basic social customs preclude me from directly asking about.”
2. “I would like to ogle you.”
Bay Area:
“I’ll take a bottle of the most expensive wine you have.”
\īl\ \tāk\ \ā\ \ˈbädl\ \əv\ \T͟Hē\ \mōst\ \ikˈspensiv\ \wīn\ \yo͞o\ \hav\
English:
“I have enough money to get away with how insufferable I’m about to be. Yes, I am 22.”
Bay Area:
“Thanks for your interest, but we’ve decided to promote Mitch.”
\THaNGks\ \fer\ \yo͝or\ \ˈint(ə)rəst\ \bət\ \wēv\ \dəˈsīdəd\ \to͞o\ \prəˈmōt\ \miCH\
English:
“Good luck being a woman in this city. Please, for both our sakes, don’t show emotion.”
Bay Area:
“Where are you, now?”
\(h)wer\ \är\ \yo͞o\ \nou\
English:
“As our relationship is entirely based on our previous co-working experience and this social occasion has mandated that we talk, please define yourself through your current employer. This way, we can have something to discuss until we reach a mutual satisfactory level of social interaction or I determine that your employment may be of value to me at which point I will suggest that we ‘get lunch’.”
Bay Area:
“Cozy studio in south Nob Hill, $2,400/mo”
\ˈkōzē\ \st(y)o͞odēˌō\ \in\ \souTH\ \näb\ \hil\ \ˈtwen(t)ē\ \fôr\ \ˈhəndrəd\ \ˈdälərs\ \ā\ \mənTH\
English:
“Extra closet space in former meth lab, Tenderloin district. You will have 2 roommates and no kitchen. Actually $3,845/month. Partial roof.”