LR35 DEP FROM MMU; ENTERED N90 CLASS B WHILE TRYING TO OBTAIN IFR CLRNC.

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IT WAS A CRYSTAL CLR EARLY MORNING. UPON DEP FROM MMU; WE IMMEDIATELY CONTACTED NY APCH USING THE SAME FREQ THAT WORKED US INBOUND ABOUT 1 HR PRIOR. MY COPLT TRIED TO GET A CLRNC AS WE CLBED THROUGH ABOUT 1000 FT. THE CTLR SEEMED TO HAVE DIFFICULTY UNDERSTANDING THE REQUEST FOR 'INSTS TO FXE;' AS MY COPLT HAS A STRONG ACCENT. THE CTLR'S INITIAL RESPONSE WAS I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHY YOU DIDN'T USE THE 800 NUMBER.' I JUMPED IN AND SAID 'WE CANCELED ON THIS FREQ PRIOR TO LNDG' -- THINKING THAT HE WAS REFERRING TO OUR ARR AND HADN'T PROPERLY CANCELLED. HE REPLIED BY STATING THAT WE SHOULD HAVE USED THE 800 NUMBER TO GET OUR CLRNC ON THE GND PRIOR TO DEPARTING. I TOLD HIM I WASN'T AWARE OF THAT REQUIREMENT. THIS EXCHANGE TOOK PLACE WHILE WE WERE IN A CLBING L TURN (AFTER DEPARTING RWY 5) HEADING TO THE FIRST FIX ON OUR PROPOSED FLT PLAN. AT ABOUT THE SAME TIME WE PASSED THROUGH 7000 FT; THE CTLR HESITATED FOR A MOMENT AS HE WAS ABOUT TO READ OUR CLRNC TO 'CLB TO 17000 FT CLRED DIRECT TO THE WHITE INTXN' AND SAID; WE 'HAD ENTERED CLASS B AIRSPACE WITHOUT A CLRNC.' THAT MAY HAVE BEEN THE CASE; BUT; HAD HE NOT BEEN SO ANNOYED AT THE FACT THAT WE HADN'T FOLLOWED THE CUSTOMARY PROC OF GETTING THE CLRNC ON THE GND; WE WOULD HAVE HAD THE CLRNC PRIOR TO ENTERING CLASS B AIRSPACE. I BELIEVE THE CONTRIBUTING FACTORS TO THIS SIT ARE AS FOLLOWS: LANGUAGE BARRIER BTWN PLT AND CTLR; UNCLR 'PROCS' FOR OBTAINING CLRNC ON THE GND PRIOR TO DEP AFTER TWR HRS. THIS SIT COULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED HAD THE CTLR BEEN QUICKER IN ISSUING THE CLRNC HE OBVIOUSLY HAD IN FRONT OF HIM THE ENTIRE TIME -- INSTEAD OF TRYING TO CHASTISE MY COPLT FOR NOT FOLLOWING THE LCL PROCS.