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"Yeah... Whatevah!"
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Dealing with locals: Don't be a wiseass
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  • Updated By Bostongrrl on January 29, 2004
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  • A girl from Boston and a girl from the West coast were seated side by side on an airplane. The girl from Boston, being friendly as usual, politely inquired, "So, where ya from?" The West coast girl said, "From a place where they know better than to use a preposition at the end of a sentence." The girl from Boston sat quietly for a moment and then replied: "So, where ya from, b*tch?"

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    Dealing with locals: Bostonspeak
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  • By garridogal on July 14, 2005
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  • "Yeah... Whatevah!"
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    Bizah - odd Flahwiz - roses, etc. Hahpahst - minutes after the hour Hahwahya? - how are you? Khakis - what we staht the cah with Pissah - superb Retahded - silly Shewah - of course Wikkid - extremely Yiz - you, plural Popcahn - popular snack

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    Dealing with locals: watch your mouth
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  • By shohman on March 23, 2005
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  • NEVER ask a Bostonian to say "park the car at Harvard yard" you will quickly find yourself either: a) alone b) drenched in beer c) ridiculed by an entire bar d) all of the above

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    Dealing with locals: Avoid Fruit Market on Freedom Trail
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  • Updated By kaprel on August 30, 2004
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  • My 7 year old and I were walking on the Freedom Trail and stopped at the fruit market stand on the RIGHT side between Fanuel Hall and Paul Revere's house. I asked the fruit stand guy if I could sample a grape before I bought the bag and he said yes. Then this other middle aged man that worked there started screaming curses that I shouldn't have tried them. I tried to explain that I had permission but he kept ranting and raving. I'm writing this so that I hope if you visit, you'll avoid spending your money here like I did.

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    Dealing with locals: People say that Bostonians are...
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  • By KnotH3ad on August 26, 2002
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  • People say that Bostonians are rude, but I found that not to be true. People in general are pretty friendly and if you go to a bar or pub they'll give you the shirt off their back.

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    Dealing with locals: DO NOT TRY TO IMITATE AN IRISH...
  • By KnotH3ad on August 26, 2002
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  • DO NOT TRY TO IMITATE AN IRISH ACCENT! This is a good way to start a fight in an Irish pub.

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    Dealing with locals: Boston-Don't Even think about driving in town!
  • By msaardvark on January 6, 2007
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  • It's very difficult to navigate downtown Boston and parking is a horror story. Also use public transportation from outside the city and within the city.

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    Dealing with locals: Being Accosted on Boylston
  • By cruisingbug on March 31, 2006
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  • Our first night in Boston we took a walk from the Prudential Center up Boylston to Copley Square. Almost as soon as we hit the street, I was accosted by a tall man with literature, so to speak. I didn't even get a chance to get the obligatory "no thanks" out than he started in on me - apparently for the social injustices of "my people" against "his people". Usually in NYC if you confront the crazy people they back down but this guy wouldn't let up and yelled at me for half a block. Meanwhile my husband was pushing our baby daughter in the stroller and this man walked in front of us - if he'd even started toward her I would honestly have risked my life to attack this guy. Dude, I didn't want your crappy pamphlet and I don't feel for your cause. Get over it!

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    Dealing with locals: Watch for beggars
  • By msaardvark on January 6, 2007
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  • Someone tried to panhandle from us and when we refused he followed up for several blocks, got a little spooky. Just a word of caution.

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    Dealing with locals: boston towns
  • By bstngrl on April 11, 2007
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  • people have made up all kinds of names for towns in boston. theres murderpan/mattapan which not a lot of people call it. dot/dorchester. westie/west roxbury. southie/south boston. eastie/east boston there is no nothend or west end or est end. Dorchester ave is called dot ave. massachusetts ave is called Mass. Ave and there is also Comm. Ave.

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