MIL sent this to me...All from Boston should enjoy

[Lisa L from MI]

> >
> >One of my friends down here, from Boston, passed this on!
> >
> >
> >
> >ALL YOU 'OL BOSTONIANS ~ you're gonna love this !!!!
> >and to you Bostonian want-a-bees ........ Going to college in Boston?
> >"Mary-mutha-ah-gawd, you gotta be wicked smaht!"
> >
> >But we bet you don't know some things.
> >Like, what's a three decka? A packie?
> >How about a rotary? Ever banged a U-ey?
> >Worn dungarees or ordered a frappe?
> >
> >Even a Rhodes scholar would have a tough time deciphering the
> >language Boston calls its own. "New Englanders have had a
> >long and strong tradition of eccentric ways of expressing
> >themselves, especially in Boston," said Boston University
> >Linguistics professor Michael Feldman. "It's very
> >distinctive."
> >
> >Indeed ~ and we'd have a pissah time tryin' to
> >stump ya, then make fun of ya behind ya back . . . but that's
> >wicked mean. Instead, here's a little primer to take with you
> >on the T, while you're on the Common or in the Gahden, maybe
> >catchin' a Pats game or sipping a regulah coffee at Dunkies.
> >
> >American Chop Suey ~ Found in school cafeterias, this delightful dish
> >doesn't resemble anything American or Chinese. It's macaroni
> >with meat and tomato sauce.
> >
> >Bangin' a U-ey ~ This is what you do while driving after you
> >miss a turn and you have to turn around.
> >
> >Book it ~ To high tail someplace, as in, "I better book it to
> >Stah Mahket before it closes."
> >
> >Bubblah ~ Spelled bubbler, it's a water fountain.
> >
> >Der ~ An interjection indicating disdain for someone else's
> >stupidity, as in, "The old Gahden was way betta than the Fleet! Der!"
> >
> >Down Cellar ~ The basement. As in; "run down cella and get me
> >a dishtowel outta the drya." Derived from upstairs.
> >
> >Dungarees ~ Jeans. Hardly heard anymore, unless you're at
> >some sort of senior citizens event.
> >
> >Frappe ~ What the rest of the nation calls a milkshake. But in
> >Boston, a milkshake is just flavored milk; no ice cream allowed.
> >
> >Fried and Bizaah ~ Weird. "That dude is wicked fried." "Yah,
> >he's totally bizaah."
> >
> >Fudge-icle ~ To the rest of the world, a frozen chocolate pop is a
> >Fudgesicle, but in Boston, the 's' is silent.
> >
> >Hermits and black and whites ~ Cookies.
> >A hermit is a molasses and raisin bar.
> >Black and whites, known anywhere else as half moons or
> >half and halfs, are round, cakelike cookies with chocolate frosting
> >on one half, vanilla on the other.
> >
> >Jimmies ~ Sprinkles you put on ice cream.
> >
> >Packie ~ Liquor Store. You'll have to make a packie run if
> >you want a kegga (keg party.)
> >
> >Pissah ~ Good.
> >
> >Rotary ~ traffic circle. And in Massachusetts, those in the
> >rotary have the right of way.
> >
> >Scrod ~ a generic name for white fish. We think it's cod, but
> >no one's sure. Usually breaded and laden with butter.
> >
> >So Don't I / So Aren't I ~ So do I, So am I.
> >"I have tickets to Aerosmith tonight."
> >"Oh my Gawd, so don't I!" "No Suh!"
> >"Yah huh." "Wicked Pissa!"
> >
> >Three Decker ~ Pronounced three decka, it's a three story
> >house in which each story is a separate apartment.
> >
> >A time ~ A party. "We're going to a time for Sully at McGuire's."
> >
> >Tonic ~ Soda.
> >
> >Wicked ~ Extremely. "Nomaaah's a wicked good baseball playa."
> >
> >Yah huh and no suh ~ Yes and no. Usually heard during an intense
> >conversation. "I saw Mickey at Castle Island and he was with
> >another girl." "No SUH!" "Yah huh."
> >
> >Other tips:
> >
> > Don't say COPEly Square, it's COPley
> >
> >Worcester isn't WOOster, it's Wisstah
> >
> >Say Commonwealth Avenue, Massachusetts Avenue or Dorchester Avenue
> >and you'll get punched. It's Comm. Ave, Mass. Ave and Dot. Ave.
> >
> >(We Bostonians. . . ya gotta love us : )
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[glo]

ROTFLMBO....everyone else talks like that, but not me no way no how


Though I have been knwn to say wicked pissa right Jay?

 

[rbuzzotta]

Thanks, I have read this before and still think it's wicked pissa!!

 

[olena]

LOL!!!!

 

[Boo'sMom]

whose makin fun a the way I tok???

 

[SeaSpray]

Those are all pretty accurate, although I have heard of many of these things even before moving to MA, such as "dungarees"and "bang a U-ey" ....lol....

Even reading these words makes my skin crawl, nevermind the fact that I have to hear people speak like this on occasion!

Fortunately, my DH and other close friends here DO NOT speak as exaggerated as that, although I definitely have heard people here speak that way.

The ones I can't stand the most are "So don't I" (how unintelligent are they trying to sound???), "no suh!" (No, Sir!), and "wicked".

THANKFULLY my DSs, even after living here for almost 6 years now, have not picked up ANY of this slang!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[DisneyMim]

Thanks for the laugh!! Having grown up in Cambridge I've been "Parkin my car in the Harvard Yard" for years and just love our "Chowda". I really never notice it until someone points it our to me!! LOL!!!

 

[goofy4tink]

Here in central ma, we 'hang a u-ey' not bang em. One time I had a really old car...was going to take it to our center of town rotary and call the car..my 'yield mobile'. No one seems to be able to navigate a rotary.

 

[melk]

I had no idea anyone pronounced the 's' in fudgesicle!!!

 

[EROS]

Thanks..........sounds just like home

 

[antkim]

LOL!It's sad but true!I think we do have our own language but I also think some people "abuse" (for lack of a better word)it more than others.I know when I am speaking to someone other than my family/friends I make a concious effort to at least sound my r's!I have to admit I do use "wicked","packie","bubblah" on ocassion!The only thing I have to correct is Worcester isn't" Wisstah" it's "Woostah!"LOL
You gotta have a gimmick,right?
Kim

 

[nativetxn]

And y'all think people in the Southern US talk funny? I need an interpreter when I'm with Mahsha

 

[Serena]

LOL!!

We hang a u-ey here.
We also have a rotary, but we call it a traffic circle. It's around our Monument Circle, so circle it's called. We have just a few more around town.
dungarees are said here too, but just by the older folks.
wicked is said here and it means the same.
we also pronounce the s is fudgescicle.