Subj:.....Bawstin
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From: tom on 1/8/2008
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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 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 : Chad dum
Somerset: Sam-oh-set
or Sum-aw-set but nevah Summerset!
Definitions:
Frappes have ice
cream, milk-shakes 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 carriage.
It's not a purse;
it's a pockabook.
They're not franks;
they're haht dahgs; Frank's are money in Switzahland.
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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.
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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 Meffed
( 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:
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are two State Houses, two City Halls, two courthouses, two Hancock buildings
(one old, one new for each).
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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 hell is
going on with this one.
Route 128 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 (fah chrysakes,
this ain't Noo Yawk).
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Order
the "cold tea" in China Town after 2:00 am you'll get a kettle full of
beer.
Photo from Yahoo
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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. |
