Are You From Bawstin ?

This had me laughing half the evening, because its all true and I could so relate to every single bit of it. Made me kinda homesick..and just so you know, I was raised in Medford, the place you car might get towed to if you "pahk your cah in Hahvid Yahd"

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.
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 Avenue is Mass Ave;
Commonwealth Avenue 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.
How to say these Massachusetts city names correctly:**Say it wrong, be shunned**
Worcester : Wuhsta (or Wistah)
Gloucester : Glawsta
Leicester Lesta
Woburn: Wooban
Dedham : Dead-um
Revere: Re -vee-ah
Quincy: Quinzee
Tewksbury : Tooks berry
Leominster : Lemin-sta
Peabody: Pee-ba-dee
Waltham : Walth-ham
Chatham: Chaddum
Samoset: Sam-oh-set or Sum-aw-set but nevah Summerset!

Definitions:
Frappes have ice cream, milkshakes don't.
If it is fizzy and flavored, it's tonic. Soda is CLUB SODA."Pop" is DAD.
When we want Tonic WATER, we will ask for TONIC WATER.
The smallest beer is a pint.
Scrod is whatever they tell you it is, usually fish. If you paid more than $7/pound, you got scrod
It's not a water fountain; it's a bubblah.
It's not a trashcan; it's a barrel.
It's not a spucky, a hero or grinder,... it's a sub.
It's not a shopping cart; it's a ca! rriage.
It's not a purse; it's a pockabook.
They're not franks; they're haht dahgs; Franks are money in Switzahland.
Police don't drive patrol units or black and whites they drive a "crooza".
If you take the bus, your on the "looza crooza".
It's not a rubber band, it's an elastic.
It's no t a traffic circle, it's a rotary.
"Going to the islands" means Martha's Vineyard & Nantucket.
The Sox = The Red Sox
The C's = The Celtics
The B's = The Bruins
The Pat's =The Patriots

Things not to do:
Don't pahk your cah in Hahvid Yahd .. they'll tow it to Meffa (Medford ) or Summahville (Somerville) .
Don't sleep on the 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!
Most people live here all their life and still don't know what the heck is going on with this one. Route 128 South is 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 , 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) except in "idea". 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.. .believe that using your turn signal is a sign of weakness.
Bostonians.. .think that 63-degree ocean water is warm.
Bostonians.. .think Rhode Island accents are annoying.

Comments

Living for a few years in South Lancaster was close enought to Boston. Had to laugh over some of these!
Linda said…
LOL. That's okay. We from Rhode Island think Boston accents are odd, too...that would be "wicked odd," actually. But it's a "bubbla" there, too.
Patty said…
Hi Linda, I grew up with everything being wicked good or wicked bad : )
artslice said…
Haha, this is hilarious! Love the post. I'm from the Pacific NW but used to live in Florida and knew several Bostonians... love their accents.
swedishcowboy said…
Now I grew up in Wuhstah and we ate grindahs -- not subs. And my mom still calls me Leeser -- instead of Lisa.
R. Aastrup said…
And how about wicked funny and wicked awesome?! I didn't know all of these, but they were funny. We sell grinders for lunch on Fridays, too.
Anonymous said…
We've been to the Boston area three times, so much of this brought back wonderful memories. We'd move there if property weren't so high.
Emily said…
I grew up in Marblehead so I can relate to a lot of those, Patty. Wicked funny! I wonder, do you still have your accent? Weird, I never did develop one, maybe because I read so much. I'm in New Hampshuh now, as you might say it, and still hear those accents every day.
Patty said…
Hi Emily,
I never did have much of a Boston accent, probably because i went to a private school with lots of children from the mid-west. But I will always call sprinkles on my ice cream, "jimmies" and think things are wicked funny or wicked good or bad !

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