Born and raised in southern NH. We pronounce our R's a bit more than the Boston folk, but being just an hour from Boston, I've had a lot of Boston influence in my life. Basically I talk like someone from Boston, to a lesser extent
Wicked: probably the most widely used adjective. Used for extra meaning (wicked awesome, wicked hot, wicked cold, etc)
frappe: milkshake
jimmies: sprinkles for ice cream. We have rainbow jimmies and chocolate jimmies
pocketbook: a purse in the rest of the world
it's SODA. Pop is someone's grampa
sneakers: under the division of sneakers we have tennis shoes (NOT tennies), running shoes, etc
Baahstan: that big city in Mass that some people know as Boston
We refer to highways by their numbers (93, 101, etc). Nothing else
We give directions by landmarks (go about 5 minutes down the rud (road), take a left by the horse farm, go another 10 minutes or so and bear left at the fahk (fork))
dooryard: I think this means door stoop. It's more of a northern New England thing
chowdah: chowder-comes in 2 varieties: clam and cahn (corn)-has a CREAM base
rotary or traffic circle: a place where a bunch of roads come together and there's a round thing in the middle that you drive around. Has a bunch of exits. Person in the circle has the right of way, but look out for the kamakazi drivers that come flying out without looking. Note these are the same as roundabouts, but NOT called roundabouts. A rotary is also an ice fishing derby
U-ey: U turn. Legal in some places.
Bang a left: "At the next light, bang a left". Occasionally use hang interchangeably with bang
When others say an aww sound, we say an ahh (cahfee, dahg, Bahstan, etc)
Mummy: Mommy to those who can actually say that aww sound
Subs: Grinders, hoakies, and Italians in other places
licquor store: A store found on the side of the highway where you can buy booze.
Bubblah (bubbler)-A drinking fountain in other places
