Boston Phrases (Game)

bostonwallace

What does everyone else think of our stupid accents? What's your impression about Boston? Say 1 word that comes to mind when you think of Boston and New England. Boston is a great city and I hope all visitors have a crazy ass time. Can I even start a game here? Only time will tell. Seriously. Start the game.

BaconSandwich

Apples. As in, "I got her numbah. Haddya like them apples?"

VisionOfClarity

This is going to turn into a BINGO card of "things not actually said in Boston but too many movies use so the rest of the states think we actually speak like that".

Tokyoeyez1670

Priest.

BigRed

CHOWDAH

benswimming

pahk the cah in Hahvahd Yahd

goon

Any Boondock Saints quote.
One word?
Wicked.

Limond

My opinion of the boston accent was fist instilled in my mind when i was in high school. at the ipe age of fouteen i took a typing couse with a teache who was fom boston. the stat of class fom day one was hilaious for everyone who grew up in mayland. i doubt i will foget that impession of a boston accent until the day that i die.

soy its not eally one wod but an event that sums up the egion.

Rdr

QUARTAH

Krissta

goon wrote: »

Any Boondock Saints quote.
One word?
Wicked.

I second the "wicked" thing. I don't have a Boston accent at all, but I am extremely guilty of using "wicked" a lot.

phonetics

Krissta wrote: »

goon wrote: »

Any Boondock Saints quote.
One word?
Wicked.

I second the "wicked" thing. I don't have a Boston accent at all, but I am extremely guilty of using "wicked" a lot.

You're from Manchesta too? I don't think we have accents up here, we just say wicked every other word.

Ergandar

Everyone around here does say DOORCHESTAHH.

Krissta

phonetics wrote: »

Krissta wrote: »

goon wrote: »

Any Boondock Saints quote.
One word?
Wicked.

I second the "wicked" thing. I don't have a Boston accent at all, but I am extremely guilty of using "wicked" a lot.

You're from Manchesta too? I don't think we have accents up here, we just say wicked every other word.

Exactly! I mean, there are a few words that I noticed I pronounce funny when I'm not paying attention (room is one of them), but that's it!

Yep, grew up in Londonderry and have lived in Manchester for the past 5 years.

BigRed

When Seattle people come over there for PAX, even those who say they don't have an accent still do a little bit :P
The wicked thing took getting used to as well. First time I heard that it gave me pause to try and process what just happened, heh.

Rdr

BigRed wrote: »

When Seattle people come over there for PAX, even those who say they don't have an accent still do a little bit :P

Ya, everyone has an accent in some way. Silly when people say they don't.

BigRed

Well Seattle people don't have much of one, if at all. But the further west you go in the US the clearer everyone speaks.

schuss

Krissta wrote: »

phonetics wrote: »

Krissta wrote: »

goon wrote: »

Any Boondock Saints quote.
One word?
Wicked.

I second the "wicked" thing. I don't have a Boston accent at all, but I am extremely guilty of using "wicked" a lot.

You're from Manchesta too? I don't think we have accents up here, we just say wicked every other word.

Exactly! I mean, there are a few words that I noticed I pronounce funny when I'm not paying attention (room is one of them), but that's it!

Yep, grew up in Londonderry and have lived in Manchester for the past 5 years.

It's pronounced Manch-vegas.

The best is people trying to pronounce woburn right.

Krissta

schuss wrote: »

Krissta wrote: »

phonetics wrote: »

Krissta wrote: »

goon wrote: »

Any Boondock Saints quote.
One word?
Wicked.

I second the "wicked" thing. I don't have a Boston accent at all, but I am extremely guilty of using "wicked" a lot.

You're from Manchesta too? I don't think we have accents up here, we just say wicked every other word.

Exactly! I mean, there are a few words that I noticed I pronounce funny when I'm not paying attention (room is one of them), but that's it!

Yep, grew up in Londonderry and have lived in Manchester for the past 5 years.

It's pronounced Manch-vegas.

The best is people trying to pronounce woburn right.

I think Worcester is worse. And yes, Manchvegas it is.

Rdr

Isn't Worcester pronounced Worst-er?

Seductive Kitty

i pronounce it as woosta hahah, and i do say wicked a lot.

Krissta

Rdr wrote: »

Isn't Worcester pronounced Worst-er?

woos-ter

Moe Fwacky

We have a woos-ter in ohio, we spell it "Wooster".

Krissta

Moe Fwacky wrote: »

We have a woos-ter in ohio, we spell it "Wooster".

Yeah, we like to be really confusing in our pronunciations.

Knoland

Being from NH, I was wicked ALL the time. Also, no one pronounces -er as -a that hard. It's more like "Chowdar" with a soft 'h'. And yes, I do realize how hard it is to type pronunciations.

hattrick12

I didn't grow up in New England, but I'm slowly catching onto wicked and chowdah.

Rayze

I first moved to NE 9 years ago and was mystified by everyone saying "wicked" all the time. I thought I wouldn't succumb to it but a few years in I uttered it in a sentence. Now I use it all the time

feitocomfruta

Wicked hahdcoah

Zazoo's Panty Removah

Da sahks.

undead

For those of us who have lived here for a while (like 2 decades or more), wicked was around before Boondock Saints. It's the slogan for Newbary Comics (for a wicked good time).

How could these old favarits be missed:

Tonic (try using this one to buy soda anywhere else in the world and see what you get)

Piatsa (it's actually Italian but the term was used by everyone)

Pamishon (could be eggplant or chicken)

I'll think of more later.

Chaotica

I also find it fun to try to get folks not from the area to pronounce these two town names:

Billerica
Scituate

Rdr

Chaotica wrote: »

I also find it fun to try to get folks not from the area to pronounce these two town names:

Billerica
Scituate

Had to google Billerica since I already know how Scituate is pronounce. Billerica is definitely not how you'd imagine it'd be pronounced if Google is right. Pronounce Brick-ah by locals and also Bill-rick-ah is acceptable.

VisionOfClarity

In 6 years the only hard accents I've heard have been from people who live in hell holes like Revere.


Just saying it makes me feel like I need a shower.

beta_angel

Was born there, lived there for 9 years and moved. I miss it every day.

What do I immediately think of? Well, it's a toss up between the Sawx and them fawkin Dropkick Murphy's.

Tessie, "Nuf Ced" McGreevey shouted
We're not here to mess around
Boston, you know we love you madly
Hear the crowd roar to your sound
Don't blame us if we ever doubt you
You know we couldn't live without you
Tessie, you are the only only only

Rayze

And who can forget Leominster and Peabody, or rather, Lemon-ster and Pea-buddy

stardust462

Rayze wrote: »

And who can forget Leominster and Peabody, or rather, Lemon-ster and Pea-buddy

Surprisingly my GPS pronounces Leominster correctly, however no one from the New England area ever pronounces it correctly the first time. But, my GPS pronounces Waltham as Wal-tum.

There is a difference between frappes and milkshakes here, so keep that in mind when you're at a restaurant. Frappes have ice cream, milkshakes don't (IIRC). When you order a "regular" coffee at Dunkin Donuts that means "with cream and sugar." Once my boyfriend went to pick up coffee and instead of a black coffee for me he ordered a regular coffee, thinking that would be just plain coffee. Logically that makes sense of course, but I ended up with the wrong coffee.

Wicked is the best adjective ever IMO. I can't imagine my vocabulary without it.

juju

Hard Mode: Worcester
Expert Mode: Leominster
Nightmare Mode: Waltham vs Dedham. It's so easy that it's hard.

The hardest accents to me come from North Shore. Some areas of South Shore can rival it though.

I'm a transplant. I've lived here three years going on four and it's truly landscaped my vocabulary. I think it's fun living up here because every day's an experience - even walking around Downtown Crossing in my NY Jets sweater strikes up a conversation.

I love it here.

goon

stardust462 wrote: »

Surprisingly my GPS pronounces Leominster correctly, however no one from the New England area ever pronounces it correctly the first time. But, my GPS pronounces Waltham as Wal-tum.

There is a difference between frappes and milkshakes here, so keep that in mind when you're at a restaurant. Frappes have ice cream, milkshakes don't (IIRC). When you order a "regular" coffee at Dunkin Donuts that means "with cream and sugar." Once my boyfriend went to pick up coffee and instead of a black coffee for me he ordered a regular coffee, thinking that would be just plain coffee. Logically that makes sense of course, but I ended up with the wrong coffee.

Wicked is the best adjective ever IMO. I can't imagine my vocabulary without it.

Use to work in a coffee shop in Boston.
We could tell the tourists because they didn't realize regular coffee comes with cream and sugar.
God i love espresso.

Lono

If I remember correctly, Worcester is pronounced "Wiss-tah" by those who live there, and we who were in Western Mass called it "Wiss-ter."

My favorite word in Boston, though? Yawkey. It's like the name was designed for Boston accents. You have one when you're saying the word, even if you don't otherwise.

Decius

Oh god, now that we are in an area of the country know for accents we should do an accent contest, or a colloquialism competition of some type

undead

Don't forget palah (aka, parlor), that room everyone sits in to watch tv or chat.

And don't forget to pick up the morning paypa on your way to wook.

If you're a bingo fan, you may have heard: Shake up them ciumones (I can't print the rest of the phrase).

And, a question to the con: Any chance we'll see people from the 501st Garrison for all the Stah Wohs fans?

schuss

Quick translation
-er becomes -ah (number becomes numbah)
-r- becomes -h- (start becomes staht)
-a becomes -er (Linda becoms Linder)
Wicked is appropriate to intersperse, Hella is not.

ParagonAlley

juju wrote: »

Hard Mode: Worcester
Expert Mode: Leominster
Nightmare Mode: Waltham vs Dedham. It's so easy that it's hard.

The hardest accents to me come from North Shore. Some areas of South Shore can rival it though.

I'm a transplant. I've lived here three years going on four and it's truly landscaped my vocabulary. I think it's fun living up here because every day's an experience - even walking around Downtown Crossing in my NY Jets sweater strikes up a conversation.

I love it here.

You forgot Leicester & Gloucester...