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Bawstin facts ....
« on: Jul 31st, 2006, 5:38pm » |
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This is for those of you who only visit Boston occasionally, those of you who have never been, those of you who used to live here, and those who live here and would find it amusing to hear how we are interpreted.
WELCOME to "BAWSTIN"
For those of you who have never been to "Bawstin", this is a good guideline.
I hope you will consider coming to "Beantown" in the near future.
For those who call New England home, this is just plain great!
Information on Boston and the surrounding area:
There's no school on School Street, no court on Court Street, no dock on Dock Square, no water on Water Street.
Back Bay streets are in alphabetical "oddah": Arlington, Berkeley, Clarendon, Dartmouth, etc.
So are South Boston streets: A, B, C, D, etc.
If the streets are named after trees (e.g. Walnut, Chestnut, Cedar), you're on Beacon Hill.
If they're named after poets, you're in Wellesley.
Massachusetts Ave is Mass Ave, Commonwealth Ave is Comm Ave, South Boston is Southie. The South End is the South End.
East Boston is Eastie. The North End is east of the former West End.
The West End and Scollay Square are no more, a guy named Rappaport got rid of them one night.
Roxbury is The Burry, Jamaica Plain is J.P.
Definitions:
Frappes have ice cream, milkshakes don't.
If it is fizzy and flavored, it's tonic (not soda pop).
Soda is CLUB SODA.
"Pop" is Dad.
When we want Tonic WATER, we will ask for Tonic WATER.
The smallest beer is a pint.
It's not a water fountain; it's a bubblah.
It's not a trashcan; it's a barrel.
It's not a shopping cart; it's a carriage.
It's not a purse; it's a pock-a-book.
They're not franks, they're haht dahgs. (Franks are money in France).
Police don't drive patrol units or black and whites they drive a "crooza".
It's not a rubber band, it's an elastic.
It's not a traffic circle, it's a rotary.
"Going to the islands" means Martha's Vineyard & Nantucket.
If something's good, it's "pissa".
If something's really good, it's "wicked pissa".
The Pat's = The Patriots
The Sox = The Red Sox
The C's = The Celtics
The B's = The Bruins
Things not to do:
Don't pahk your cah in Hahvid Yahd ... they'll tow it to Meffad (Medford) or Summaville (Somerville).
Don't sleep in da Common. (Boston Common)
Don't wear Orange in Southie on St. Patrick's Day.
Things you should know:
There are two State Houses, two City Halls, two courthouses, two Hancock buildings (one old, one new for each).
The colored lights on top the old Hancock tell the weatha':
"Solid blue, clear view...."
"Flashing blue, clouds due...."
"Solid red, rain ahead...."
"Flashing red, snow instead...."
(except in summer, flashing red means the Red Sox game was rained out)
Route 128 is also I-95 south. It's also I-93 north.
The underground train is not a subway. It's the "T", and it doesn't run all night (fah chrysakes, this ain't Noo Yawk).
Order the "cold tea" in China Town after 2:00 am you'll get a kettle full of beer.
Bostonians...think that it's their God-given right to cut off someone in traffic.
Bostonians...think that there are only 25 letters in the alphabet (no R's).
Bostonians...think that three straight days of 90+ temperatures is a heat wave.
Bostonians...refer to six inches of snow as a "dusting."
Bostonians...always "bang a left" as soon as the light turns green, and oncoming traffic always expects it.
Bostonians...say everything in town is "a five-minute walk." (pronounced "wok"
Bostonians...believe that using your turn signal is a sign of weakness.
Bostonians...think that 43-degree ocean water is warm.
Send this one to your friends who don't live in Boston.
Bostonians...think Rhode Island accents are annoying.
How to say these Massachusetts city names correctly:
Worcester: Wuhsta (or Wistah)
Gloucester: Glawsta
Leicester: Lesta
Woburn: Wooban
Dedham: Dedim (like de nim)
Revere: Re-vee-ah
Quincy: Quinzee
Peabody: Peabuddy
Waltham: Walth-ham
Chatham: Chattum
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And Car is Kaaar
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Re: Bawstin facts ....
« Reply #2 on: Jul 31st, 2006, 5:47pm » |
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It's amazing, isn't it - our "mobile" society.
I live in NC, the south. Three of my bestest girlfriends are from SC (true southern belle), NY, and Boston, MA.
When the four of us get together it's hysterical because we all correct each others use of the English language. Bostoners don't use their "R's" (pak the cah) , New Yorkers use their "R's" where they shouldn't be (warsh the clothes),
and the southern bell, nobody can tell because it's all strung out in forty gazillion syllables (sorta like Beeyll).
By the way, I've been here 22 years, but I'm still a Midwesterner from Ohio. And, I'm the ONLY one of the four who speaks English correctly! 
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Re: Bawstin facts ....
« Reply #3 on: Jul 31st, 2006, 6:01pm » |
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I must say Chuck....you nailed it on the head with that post.....LOL
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Re: Bawstin facts ....
« Reply #4 on: Jul 31st, 2006, 6:15pm » |
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But Jonny....he forgot the "packie."
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Re: Bawstin facts ....
« Reply #5 on: Jul 31st, 2006, 6:19pm » |
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And dang you Chuck. Now I am really missing Bill and Deb too. NO ONE speaks better Bawstin than those two.
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Re: Bawstin facts ....
« Reply #6 on: Jul 31st, 2006, 6:33pm » |
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Old Hancock was flashing red and I banged a left after a dusting into a barrel and I'm wokking to Chinatown 'cause the "T" is closed at cold tea time and I may have to sleep in da Common 'til a crooza comes by.
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Re: Bawstin facts ....
« Reply #7 on: Jul 31st, 2006, 7:01pm » |
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Dinner conversation in Nashville with Bill and Deb needed a couple of "what was that again?" from this Midwesterner.
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Re: Bawstin facts ....
« Reply #8 on: Jul 31st, 2006, 7:14pm » |
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Terrific Chuck!
I learned some new ones.
God, I haven't been there in 25 years. Used to do flea market right downtown back in the 70s, I think. Busy place.
Of course we in western NY (ecxept for Buffalo) speak impeccable English  It's boring though we all sound like the Weather Channel.
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Re: Bawstin facts ....
« Reply #9 on: Jul 31st, 2006, 7:23pm » |
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on Jul 31st, 2006, 6:33pm, Kevin_M wrote:Old Hancock was flashing red and I banged a left after a dusting into a barrel and I'm wokking to Chinatown 'cause the "T" is closed at cold tea time and I may have to sleep in da Common 'til a crooza comes by.
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You nailed it also, Kev......although, you dont want to even walk through the common at night never mind sleep there....LOL
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Re: Bawstin facts ..
« Reply #10 on: Aug 1st, 2006, 12:57pm » |
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on Jul 31st, 2006, 5:41pm, maffumatt wrote:
I am sorry, Matt, but you are wrong.
A car is a kaaah ... There is no "R" on the end of the word.
873 years ago, when I was in Navy boot camp, BEFORE I worked so hard to get rid of my "Boston" accent, I actually made the following statement:
"Yeah, we pahked the caah in the bahn yahd, and took of the mufflah ..."
I was harrassed about that statement throughout my Naval time. It somehow got passed along to each new post I went to.
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Re: Bawstin facts ....
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hahahahahahaha..... we are the wicked coolest people you would evahhhhhhhhh want to meet though.....lolol
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Re: Bawstin facts ....
« Reply #12 on: Aug 1st, 2006, 1:11pm » |
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For sum odd reason my mom and dad used this sayin all the time:
"Look at that doity boid sittin on the doity coyb eatin doity woims".........where the hell did that phrase come from ? Always wanted to know cuz they used to repeat that to me as a kid sayin that's how Boston and NY people talked. Been infatuated with accents ever since Pam
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Chuck you nailed it. That post was "wicked pissa".
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Re: Bawstin facts ....
« Reply #14 on: Aug 1st, 2006, 2:26pm » |
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BTW, speaking of Bawstin drivers, I once read an article in that wealth of wisdom newspaper, The Herald, entitled, "Confessions of a Boston Driver". In it he stated that he had broken every rule in the book, except hitting a pedestrian. From speeding, to double parking, to going the wrong way down a one way street, to going thru a red light, etc, etc .. .. Well, I got one up on him, I did all those things, AND I hit a pedestrian.
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Quote:| In it he stated that he had broken every rule in the book, except hitting a pedestrian. From speeding, to double parking, to going the wrong way down a one way street, to going thru a red light, etc, etc .. |
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Rules??
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Re: Bawstin facts ....
« Reply #16 on: Aug 1st, 2006, 2:53pm » |
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Toonie?
Isn't that sopmething Margi, Andrea and Carol pay for their groceries with?
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Re: Bawstin facts ....
« Reply #17 on: Aug 1st, 2006, 2:58pm » |
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on Aug 1st, 2006, 2:26pm, ClusterChuck wrote:
Same here, only I meant to run the fuck over.
That led to an attempted murder charge....LOL
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