You know you're from Mass when...

[irishbosoxfan]

You say the following words on a regular basis!

Frappe-because we don't have milkshakes.

Cenna-"I live near the center of town"

Rubba-male protection

Beeah-what we drink Fridays at the bah

Heeah-where we're at now

Pissah-special,cool

Yaahd-unit of measurement or where we have bbqs

Triple Deckah-housing units,3 units one above anotha

Floah-that which we sweep and mop

Packie-You buy I'll fly-where you purchase alcohol,liquor store

Wicked-awesome cool--Used with Pissa most often(wicked Pissa)

Carriage-we use these to go grocery shopping instead of carts

Elastics-to you they may be Rubba bands

Rubbish-another mans trash...

Jimmies-you put sprinkles on ice cream we put jimmies

Tonic-soda

Bubblah-is our drinking fountain

Grinda-Hoagie,sub

Nackin-what we use to wipe our chins while eating a Grinda

Tahmayta-tomato

Paytreeit-#1-we rule!!

Jeetyet-Did you eat yet?

Jeew-Did you?

Yawannah-Want to?

Cellah-we don't go in the basement fah nathin.

Dinnah(suppah)-interchangeable whatever meal we decide to eat when we decide to eat it

Sum mowah-some more

Ovatheya-over there

pellow-what we rest our heads on

NoMah-Red Sox shortstop

Tanked-did bad,got drunk-have to folloe the conversation to know how its being used

Pokkabook-female don't carry purses

Mustid-to put on our Sanwitches

Khakis-what we use to start our cah

Awn-on

Awed-opposite of even

Shahks-interchangeable-there are either shahks in the watah or we need new ones for our cah

The 9's-the place where everyone knows your name almost every town has one-99 restaurant

Reaf-what we hang on our door at Christmas

Steamahs-shellfish eaten in the summah for me it was Brown's between Sals and Hamton

Burgah-burger except like Boogah

Snickas-candy bar

Schmuck-our nice way of calling someone a Numb*ss

And remember your always welcome to Pahdy in BAHSTIN!!!

 

[Evil Princess]

As someone currently attending school in Boston...ahhh that makes my ears bleed!

 

[The Mayor]

I don't get it...i'm from Mass and just because the rest of the country speaks incorrectly it's not a reason to make fun of us ..and you forgot...lobstah...goes wiicked good with steamahs and beeah

 

[salmoneous]

Funny stuff, but you do realize there a whole rest of the state West of 495, don't you? Dang Bostonians always thinking they *are* the state

PS - You know you are from MA when you love Manny, no matter how big a goofball he is at times.

 

[irishbosoxfan]

I don't get it...i'm from Mass and just because the rest of the country speaks incorrectly it's not a reason to make fun of us ..and you forgot...lobstah...goes wiicked good with steamahs and beeah

Not raggin on ya grew up in Lawrence-AKA THE MINGUA VALLEY!!!People here in Ks can't figure out what I'm talking about 1/2 the time!!

 

[Virgo10]

Aww, that post made me homesick.

 

[canwegosoon]

Wicked Awsome....my sistah lived in a Tripple Decka in Wosta

 

[Simba's Mom]

A Triple Decka in Wosta? That's wicked cool! You know, you'll never get rid of that accent. 12 years ago, I moved down here to Texas from Wosta. After 12 years, I still have that accent, but at least I know betta than to ask where the bubbla is now. I miss Friendly's and their marshmallow and chocolate jimmies sundae!

 

[CanBeGrumpy]

Wouldn't shocks for the car actually be "shawks"? (as opposed to shahks swimming in the water).

 

[liamandcaili]

Once the Patriots season ended, you were looking forward to February 18.

You're glad Josh Beckett didn't take #21 because you're secretly hoping Roger Clemens will play his final year for the Sox.

You watch the NFL draft.

You don't ever order clam strips.

You know a lobster roll comes on a hot dog bun...split top.

You know what the Beanpot is.

You love Dunkin Donuts coffee.

You miss the old Garden.

You understand that you can be traveling on 95 South while also on 128 North.

You are used to the fact that it takes over 60 minutes to travel 17 miles.

 

[KristaTX]

Pissah-special,cool

Are you serious? People say that? All the rest of those I've heard or can make some sense of, but I have NEVER heard or seen that word. Ewww .


I was watching This Old House the other day, and in the "Ask This Old House" segment they came to Texas to install a sprinkler. The homeowner was helping the guy dig a hole for a sprinkler head to go into. She asked him where to put dirt she had shoveled, and he said to "Put it on the top". She looked at him like "The top of what??", but didn't ask out loud. When she put it on the nearby grass, he looked at her and said "What are you doing???? I said the top! The top!". The homeowner finally asked "The top of what???", and the Yankee guy pointed at a plastic tarp a few feet away .

 

[LadyBears]

bzah - odd
flahwiz - I got some beautiful roses for Valentines Day
hahpahst - 30 minutes after the hour
shuah - of course
Ahnt - your uncles wife
chowda does NOT come with tomatoes!
Av - any avenue with a long name (we don't say Massachusetts Avenue)
b'daydas - you can serve them mashed, whipped or boiled "Go down cella & get me some b'daydas"
digga - to fall - "He slipped & took a digga"
Cumbies - a Cumberland Farms mini mart
bang - to make an abrupt turn - He went to bang a left & take a uey.
uey - to make a u-turn
hang - to make a normal turn
blinka - the turn signal
whole notha - a complete replacement - "I got a whole notha computa"
cawna - where 2 streets meet
decked - dressed nicely "She was all decked out"
cawfee regulah - coffee with some cream & 2 sugahs
barrel - what you put the gahbidge in
book/bookit- to get out quick - "the cops came & we booked outta there"
brar - female undergarment
B's/Da Broons - local NHL team
onna-conna - "I can't go out Saddadee onna-conna my Mom's wicked pissed at me"
Saddadee - the day after Friday
penuche - the best fudge made from brown sugah
quayuh - dorky, stupid, NOT a synonym for gay

 

[JenDaveBrendan]

You mean to tell me that no one will know what a bubbla is when we move down to North Carolina in a few weeks??!!??!!

 

[Skywalker]

Okay, COMPLETELY irrelevant I know but I just feel compelled to share. One of my nicest travel memories was in Boston. My friend and I were tourists out walking around and got caught in the middle of a downpour. Some kind lady who was out walking her dog told us to wait there for a second - we were thinking perhaps we were being set up for a robbery or something - but she returned in a minute with two umbrellas for us to use and keep. Just a nice memory I have...tell me everyone from Boston is that nice? LOL. By the way, I still have the umbrella, 10 years later, and it is my special one. Everyone else knows they can't use it. LOL.

 

[JenDaveBrendan]

Okay, COMPLETELY irrelevant I know but I just feel compelled to share. One of my nicest travel memories was in Boston. My friend and I were tourists out walking around and got caught in the middle of a downpour. Some kind lady who was out walking her dog told us to wait there for a second - we were thinking perhaps we were being set up for a robbery or something - but she returned in a minute with two umbrellas for us to use and keep. Just a nice memory I have...tell me everyone from Boston is that nice? LOL. By the way, I still have the umbrella, 10 years later, and it is my special one. Everyone else knows they can't use it. LOL.

Wow - I think I would pee my pants if some random person around here showed that type of kindness..... no offense to anyone from Mass (I have lived here all my life) - but we are not known to be "nice"....... Another reason I am happy to be moving south. (putting the flame suit on... )

Jen

 

[irishbosoxfan]

Wow - I think I would pee my pants if some random person around here showed that type of kindness..... no offense to anyone from Mass (I have lived here all my life) - but we are not known to be "nice"....... Another reason I am happy to be moving south. (putting the flame suit on... )

Jen

No flame from me!--We are taught to be strong,independant,to keep our head up and never look back--Unfortunately though that doesn't leave much room to be mindful of others--I think it stems from the original patriots-LOL-Something deep in the soil back home.

When I first moved here to Ks and someone did something nice for me the whole time I was thinking-"Oh God,I'm gonna get raped or they're gonna find my body in the woods someplace"

But growing up where I did and how I did made me one tough chick and my screw it attitude left no room for anyone to mess with me(and those that did found it wasn't the best choice they could've made that day!!!)

 

[Kteacher]

I've lived in Ma. for most of my life, born in the eastern part ( Marlboro ), and now live in western Ma.- yes there is another part of the state , and no I don't have an accent. People I meet from other states are always surprised that I don't " Pahk my cah ". I don't drink tohnik or eat badada jips, and I even have a cat named " el duque ", named after a certain baseball player who does not play for the Red Sox