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<blockquote data-quote="Big Babooba" data-source="post: 505751" data-attributes="member: 5402"><p><span style="color: DarkRed"><strong>Boston</strong></span> </p><p> <span style="color: DarkRed"><strong> Welcome to Bawstin</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed"></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed"><strong>Information on Boston and the surrounding area:</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed"></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed"><strong>There's no school on School Street, no court on Court Street, no dock on Dock Square, no water on Water Street.</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed"><strong>Back Bay streets are in alphabetical "oddah": Arlington, Berkeley, Clarendon, Dartmouth, etc.</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed"></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed"><strong>So are South Boston streets: A, B, C, D, etc.</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed"><strong>If the streets are named after trees (e.g. Walnut, Chestnut, Cedar), you're on Beacon Hill.</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed"></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed"><strong>If they're named after poets, you're in Wellesley.</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed"></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed"><strong>Massachusetts Ave is Mass Ave; Commonwealth Ave is Comm Ave; South Boston is Southie. The South End is the South</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed"><strong>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</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed"><strong>named Rappaport got rid of them one night. Roxbury is The Burry, Jamaica Plain is J.P.</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed"></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed"><strong>How to say these Massachusetts city names correctly: **Say it wrong, be shunned**</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed"><strong>Worcester: Wuhsta (or Wistah)</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed"><strong>Gloucester : Glawsta</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed"><strong>Leicester: Lesta</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed"><strong>Woburn: Wooban</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed"><strong>Dedham : Dedim (like denim w/ a D in the N pace)</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed"><strong>Revere: Re-vee-ah</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed"><strong>Quincy: Quinzee</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed"><strong>Peabody: Peabuddy</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed"><strong>Waltham : Walth-ham</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed"><strong>Chatham: Chattum</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed"></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed"><strong>Definitions:</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed"><strong>Frappes have ice cream, milkshakes don't.</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed"><strong>If it is fizzy and flavored, it's tonic.</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed"><strong>Soda is CLUB SODA.</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed"><strong>"Pop" is Dad.</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed"><strong>When we want Tonic WATER, we will ask for Tonic WATER.</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed"><strong>The smallest beer is a pint.</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed"><strong>Scrod is whatever they tell you it is, usually fish.</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed"><strong>If you paid more than $6/pound, you got scrod.</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed"><strong>It's not a water fountain; it's a bubblah.</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed"><strong>It's not a trashcan; it's a barrel.</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed"><strong>It's not a spucky it's a sub.</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed"><strong>It's not a shopping cart; it's a carriage.</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed"><strong>It's not a purse; it's a pockabook.</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed"><strong>They're not franks; they're haht dahgs. Franks are money in France.</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed"><strong>Police don't drive patrol units or black and whites they drive a "crooza".</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed"><strong>If you take the bus, your on the "looza crooza".</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed"><strong>It's not a rubber band, it's an elastic.</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed"><strong>It's not a traffic circle, it's a rotary.</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed"><strong>If something's good, it's "pissa". If something's really good, it's "wicked pissa".</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed"></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed"><strong>Things not to do:</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed"><strong>Don't pahk your cah in Hahvid Yahd they'll tow it to Meffa (Medford) or Slumaville (Somerville).</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed"><strong>Don't sleep in the Common. (Boston Common)</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed"><strong>Don't wear Orange in Southie on St. Patrick's Day.</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed"></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed"><strong>Things you should know:</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed"><strong>There are two State Houses, two City Halls, two courthouses, two Hancock buildings (one old, one new</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed"><strong>for each).</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed"><strong>The colored lights on top the old Hancock tell the weatha':</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed"><strong>"Solid blue, clear view…."</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed"><strong>"Flashing blue, clouds due…."</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed"><strong>"Solid red, rain ahead…."</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed"><strong>"Flashing red, snow instead…." - (except in summer; flashing red means the Red Sox game was rained out)</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed"></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed"><strong>Route 128 is also I-95 south. It's also I-93 north.</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed"><strong>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).</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed"><strong>Order the "cold tea" in China Town after 2:00 am you'll get a kettle full of beer.</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed"></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed"><strong>Bostonians… think that it's their God-given right to cut off someone in traffic.</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed"><strong>Bostonians…think that there are only 25 letters in the alphabet (no R's).</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed"><strong>Bostonians…think that three straight days of 90+ temperatures is a heat wave.</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed"><strong>Bostonians…refer to six inches of snow as a "dusting."</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed"><strong>Bostonians…always "bang a left" as soon as the light turns green, and oncoming traffic always expects it.</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed"><strong>Bostonians…say everything in town is "a five-minute walk." (pronounced "wok")</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed"><strong>Bostonians…believe that using your turn signal is a sign of weakness.</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed"><strong>Bostonians…think that 63-degree ocean water is warm.</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed"><strong>Bostonians…think Rhode Island accents are annoying.</strong></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Big Babooba, post: 505751, member: 5402"] [COLOR=DarkRed][B]Boston[/B][/COLOR] [COLOR=DarkRed][B] Welcome to Bawstin[/B] [B][/B] [B]Information on Boston and the surrounding area:[/B] [B][/B] [B]There's no school on School Street, no court on Court Street, no dock on Dock Square, no water on Water Street.[/B] [B]Back Bay streets are in alphabetical "oddah": Arlington, Berkeley, Clarendon, Dartmouth, etc.[/B] [B][/B] [B]So are South Boston streets: A, B, C, D, etc.[/B] [B]If the streets are named after trees (e.g. Walnut, Chestnut, Cedar), you're on Beacon Hill.[/B] [B][/B] [B]If they're named after poets, you're in Wellesley.[/B] [B][/B] [B]Massachusetts Ave is Mass Ave; Commonwealth Ave is Comm Ave; South Boston is Southie. The South End is the South[/B] [B]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[/B] [B]named Rappaport got rid of them one night. Roxbury is The Burry, Jamaica Plain is J.P.[/B] [B][/B] [B]How to say these Massachusetts city names correctly: **Say it wrong, be shunned**[/B] [B]Worcester: Wuhsta (or Wistah)[/B] [B]Gloucester : Glawsta[/B] [B]Leicester: Lesta[/B] [B]Woburn: Wooban[/B] [B]Dedham : Dedim (like denim w/ a D in the N pace)[/B] [B]Revere: Re-vee-ah[/B] [B]Quincy: Quinzee[/B] [B]Peabody: Peabuddy[/B] [B]Waltham : Walth-ham[/B] [B]Chatham: Chattum[/B] [B][/B] [B]Definitions:[/B] [B]Frappes have ice cream, milkshakes don't.[/B] [B]If it is fizzy and flavored, it's tonic.[/B] [B]Soda is CLUB SODA.[/B] [B]"Pop" is Dad.[/B] [B]When we want Tonic WATER, we will ask for Tonic WATER.[/B] [B]The smallest beer is a pint.[/B] [B]Scrod is whatever they tell you it is, usually fish.[/B] [B]If you paid more than $6/pound, you got scrod.[/B] [B]It's not a water fountain; it's a bubblah.[/B] [B]It's not a trashcan; it's a barrel.[/B] [B]It's not a spucky it's a sub.[/B] [B]It's not a shopping cart; it's a carriage.[/B] [B]It's not a purse; it's a pockabook.[/B] [B]They're not franks; they're haht dahgs. Franks are money in France.[/B] [B]Police don't drive patrol units or black and whites they drive a "crooza".[/B] [B]If you take the bus, your on the "looza crooza".[/B] [B]It's not a rubber band, it's an elastic.[/B] [B]It's not a traffic circle, it's a rotary.[/B] [B]If something's good, it's "pissa". If something's really good, it's "wicked pissa".[/B] [B][/B] [B]Things not to do:[/B] [B]Don't pahk your cah in Hahvid Yahd they'll tow it to Meffa (Medford) or Slumaville (Somerville).[/B] [B]Don't sleep in the Common. (Boston Common)[/B] [B]Don't wear Orange in Southie on St. Patrick's Day.[/B] [B][/B] [B]Things you should know:[/B] [B]There are two State Houses, two City Halls, two courthouses, two Hancock buildings (one old, one new[/B] [B]for each).[/B] [B]The colored lights on top the old Hancock tell the weatha':[/B] [B]"Solid blue, clear view…."[/B] [B]"Flashing blue, clouds due…."[/B] [B]"Solid red, rain ahead…."[/B] [B]"Flashing red, snow instead…." - (except in summer; flashing red means the Red Sox game was rained out)[/B] [B][/B] [B]Route 128 is also I-95 south. It's also I-93 north.[/B] [B]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).[/B] [B]Order the "cold tea" in China Town after 2:00 am you'll get a kettle full of beer.[/B] [B][/B] [B]Bostonians… think that it's their God-given right to cut off someone in traffic.[/B] [B]Bostonians…think that there are only 25 letters in the alphabet (no R's).[/B] [B]Bostonians…think that three straight days of 90+ temperatures is a heat wave.[/B] [B]Bostonians…refer to six inches of snow as a "dusting."[/B] [B]Bostonians…always "bang a left" as soon as the light turns green, and oncoming traffic always expects it.[/B] [B]Bostonians…say everything in town is "a five-minute walk." (pronounced "wok")[/B] [B]Bostonians…believe that using your turn signal is a sign of weakness.[/B] [B]Bostonians…think that 63-degree ocean water is warm.[/B] [B]Bostonians…think Rhode Island accents are annoying.[/B][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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