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You know you're from Massachusetts when... 1) The person driving in front of you is going 70mph and you are cursing him for going too slow. 2) The fact that Route 128 and I-95 are pretty much the same thing doesn't confuse you. 3) When ordering a tonic, you mean a Coke...not quinine water. 4) You actually enjoy driving around rotaries. 5) You almost feel disappointed when someone doesn't flip you the bird when you cut them off or steal their parking space. 6) You know how to pronounce the names of towns like Worcester, Billerica, Haverhill, Barre and Cotuit. 7) You have driven to New Hampshire on a Sunday in order to get beer. 8) You know that there are two Bulger brothers, and that they're both crooks. 9) You know what they sell at a packie. 10) You know at least one bar where you can get something to drink after last call. 11) You can actually find your way around Boston. 12) Colleges are used as landmarks for directions, i.e., Go past MIT until you hit Harvard. Take a right and go past Lesley. Keep going until you get to Tufts 13) Evacuation Day is a recognized holiday. 14) You know at least one guy named Sean, Pat, Whitey, Red, Bud or Seamus. 15) You think the rest of the country owes you for Thanksgiving and Independence Day. 16) You laughed at the kids down south who never got snow days. 17) You feel that the rest of the world needs to drive more like you. 18) You have never been to Cheers. 19) You can recognize a girl from Revere simply by her hair. 20) You know that there is a bigger difference between Roxbury and West Roxbury than just a compass direction. 21)When the words 'WICKED' and 'GOOD' go together. Leave a Comment
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| | | | Interacting with the Bostonian: Most Bostonians expect proper,direct-as-hell... | Tip Rating: | | | | |
professionalism in conversation. We are pretty honest,real people, just the way we like everything to be. Like New Yorkers, but much more down-played. Most Bostonians are worried about the economy, jobs and school. And we're mostly broke, since living in Boston is expensive and we like to blow money. So just be decent, cool, honest,friendly and smart, and have goals for the future, and you'll fit right in. We basically dislike slobs, or unambitious people. one of the first thing any bostonian asks is "do you go to school" (to gauge your your income level (how much your willing to spend)your personality (based on your major, or are you gonig to be successful in life), "where are you from or live?(to gauge your income level or economic level)..and "your nationality" (there is some pride or affiliation with similar nationalites)...that's all it takes for a bostonian to like you or not. yea, we are snobby in a way...I think it has to do with the fact that alot of rich people in boston feel privilaged cuz their family's rich (old money since their grandpa's grandpa settled here a long @ss time ago) Remember, Boston is a VERY OLD city that was colonized..we even have the oldest beach in America (Revere Beach, which is dirty, don't go there to swim! But to chill and sight see!) So Bostonians are cool, but have this pretentious attitude, cuz we're all trying to be hot sh@t. Leave a Comment
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| | | | Interacting with the Bostonian: The Boston Accent | Tip Rating: | | | | |
First off, DO NOT ask a bostonian to say 'park the car in harvard yard' and second, don't try to say it yourself with a boston accent. Nobody can do a Boston accent if they weren't raised here. Here is the gist of it, we do not pronounce 'R' unless it begins the word, so 'car' would be 'cah'. If a word ends in 'er' we pronounce it as an 'a' example, 'never' would be pronounced 'nevah'. 'ar' is pronounced as a soft 'i', so ' Blizzard' becomes 'blizzid' for a native, the accent is difficult to lose, I've been trying for years with little luck. We also have our own language; the subway and bus system is called the 'T'. to 'go in town' means you are going from one of the suburbs into Boston proper. 'wicked' means 'very' (we had a wicked good time) I personally never say wicked, but it seems everyone else does. Please don't make fun of us and worst of all, please don't try to fit in and try to talk like us, you will quickly find yourself alone. Leave a Comment
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