Post by skullitor on Mar 6, 2005 23:28:24 GMT -5
Subject: : Good Ol'Boston
Shade of home ----
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.
For those who call New England home, this is just
plain great!
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 Ave is Mass Ave; Commonwealth Ave 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.
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 $6/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 it's a sub.
It's not a freak of nature, it's a freakin h er!
It's not a shopping cart; it's a carriage.
It's not a purse; it's a pock-a-book.
They're not franks; they're haht dahgs. Franks are
money in France.
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 not a traffic circle, it's a rotary.
"Going to the islands" means Martha's Vineyard &
Nantucket.
If something's good, it's "pissa". If something's
really good, it's "wicked pissa".
The Pat's = The Patriots
The Sox = The Red Sox
The C's = The Celtics
The B's = The Bruins
Things not to do:
Don't pahk your cah in Hahvid Yahd .. they'll tow it
to Meffa (Medford) or Slumaville (Somerville).
Don't sleep in 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 Hanthingy buildings (one old, one new for each).
The colored lights on top the old Hanthingy 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)
Route 128 is also 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 (fah chrysakes, 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).
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...say everything in town is "a five-minute walk." (pronounced
"wok")
Bostonians...believe that using your turn signal is a
sign of weakness.
Bostonians...think that 63-degree ocean water is warm.
Send this one to your friends who don't live in
Boston!!
Bostonians...think Rhode Island accents are annoying.
How to say these Massachusetts city names correctly:
Worcester: Wuhsta (or Wistah)
Gloucester: Glawsta
Leicester: Lesta
Woburn: Wooban
Dedham: Dedim (like denim)
Revere: Re-vee-ah
Quincy: Quinzee
Peabody: Pea-bud'-dee
Waltham: Wahlt-ham
Chatham: Chahttum
Shade of home ----
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.
For those who call New England home, this is just
plain great!
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 Ave is Mass Ave; Commonwealth Ave 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.
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 $6/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 it's a sub.
It's not a freak of nature, it's a freakin h er!
It's not a shopping cart; it's a carriage.
It's not a purse; it's a pock-a-book.
They're not franks; they're haht dahgs. Franks are
money in France.
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 not a traffic circle, it's a rotary.
"Going to the islands" means Martha's Vineyard &
Nantucket.
If something's good, it's "pissa". If something's
really good, it's "wicked pissa".
The Pat's = The Patriots
The Sox = The Red Sox
The C's = The Celtics
The B's = The Bruins
Things not to do:
Don't pahk your cah in Hahvid Yahd .. they'll tow it
to Meffa (Medford) or Slumaville (Somerville).
Don't sleep in 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 Hanthingy buildings (one old, one new for each).
The colored lights on top the old Hanthingy 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)
Route 128 is also 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 (fah chrysakes, 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).
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...say everything in town is "a five-minute walk." (pronounced
"wok")
Bostonians...believe that using your turn signal is a
sign of weakness.
Bostonians...think that 63-degree ocean water is warm.
Send this one to your friends who don't live in
Boston!!
Bostonians...think Rhode Island accents are annoying.
How to say these Massachusetts city names correctly:
Worcester: Wuhsta (or Wistah)
Gloucester: Glawsta
Leicester: Lesta
Woburn: Wooban
Dedham: Dedim (like denim)
Revere: Re-vee-ah
Quincy: Quinzee
Peabody: Pea-bud'-dee
Waltham: Wahlt-ham
Chatham: Chahttum