New England - Boston Directions (and more)

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BOSTONIANS WILL LOVE THIS!!!!!
(and some others)

The geographical center of Boston is in Roxbury. Due north of the center we find the South End. This is not to be confused with South Boston which lies directly east from the South End. North of the South End is East Boston and southwest of East Boston is the North End.

Harvard Bridge
The bridge connecting Boston and Cambridge via Massachusetts Avenue is commonly know as the Harvard Bridge. When it was built, the state offered to name the bridge for the Cambridge school that could present the best claim for the honor. Harvard submitted an essay detailing its contributions to education in America, concluding that it deserved the honor of having a bridge leading into Cambridge named for the institution. MIT did a structural analysis of the bridge and found it so full of defects that they agreed that it should be named for Harvard. This is all true (so says the email).

Information on Boston and the Surrounding Areas:

There is no school on School Street, no court on Court Street, no dock on Dock Square, and no water on Water Street. Back Bay Boston 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 are on Beacon Hill. If they are named after poets, you are 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 Scully Square are no more; a guy named Rappaport got rid of them one night. Roxbury is The Berree, Jamaica Plain is J.P.

How to say these Massachusetts city names correctly (Say it wrong and be shunned).
Worcester : Wuhsta (or Wistah)
Gloucester : Glawsta
Leicester: Lesta
Woburn: Woobun
Dedham : Dead-um
Revere: Re -vee-ah
Quincy: Quinzee
Tewksbury : Tooks berry
Leominster : Le-min-sta
Peabody: Pee-ba-dee
Waltham : Walth-ham
Chatham: Chaddum
Samoset: Sam-oh-set or Sum-aw-set, but nevah Summerset!

Definitions:
FRAPPES are made with ice cream; MILKSHAKES are not.
If it is carbonated and flavored, it is TONIC
Soda means CLUB SODA.
Pop refers to 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 screwd.
It is not a water fountain; it is a bubblah.
It is not a trashcan; it is a barrel.
It is a spucky, not a hero, or a grinder; or a sub.
It is not a shopping caht; it is a carriage.
It is not a purse; it is a pockabook.
They are not franks; they are haht dahgs; franks are money used Switzahland.

Police do not drive patrol units or black and whites; they drive a crewza. If you take the bus, you’re on the looza crooza. It is not a rubber band; it is an elastic. It is not a traffic circle, it is a rotary. "Going to the islands" means going to Martha's Vineyard or Nantucket.

The Sox = The Red Sox
The Cs = The Celtics
The Bs = The Bruins
The Pats =The Patriots

Things not to do:
Do not pahk your cah in Hahvid Yahd. They will tow it to Meffa (Medford ) or Summahville (Somerville) .
Do not sleep on the Common. ( Boston Common)
Do not wear orange in Southie on St. Patrick's Day.

Things you should know:
There are two State Houses, two City Halls, two courthouses, and two Hancock buildings (one is very old; one is relatively new).

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 do not know what the hell is going on with this one. Route 128 South is I-95 south. It is also I-93 north.
The underground train is not a subway. It is the T, and it does not run all night (fah chrysakes, this ain't Noo Yawk).
Order the cold tea in China Town after 2:00 am; you will get a kettle full of beer.

Bostonians: think that it is their God-given right to cut off someone in traffic.
Bostonians: think that there are only 25 letters in the alphabet (no Rs, except in idear.
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.

When Boston began as a city, it had a central portion and three protuberances: the West End (more or less where the Mass General is), the North End, and the South End. At the center were three hills. The two smaller hills were Pemberton Hill and Mount Vernon, and the tallest one was where a beacon fire was lit when the people needed to be alerted to some or another event -- thus, Beacon Hill. The street that led up to this area got its name from the Latin for "3 hills" -- Tremont Street.

The South End was originally wetlands, and the one street that connected Boston to its suburbs was Washington Street. In the 1st half of the 1800s, railroads were built from the suburbs into Boston through the South End, and the landfill for the area was hauled in (via railroad) from the cities and towns that the railroads served. The streets in the South End are named for those cities and towns: Newton, Springfield, Rutland, Worcester, Dedham, Waltham, etc.

Much later on, the politically separate suburbs of Dorchester (which included South Boston), Roxbury, West Roxbury, Charlestown, etc were incorporated into the original city of Boston. That's how E Boston came to be north of So Boston, etc. Also, each of these suburbs had some streets with the same names as Boston streets. That's why there are 5 or 6 different Washington Streets in the city of Boston.

As for Dock Square, the town dock used to be there. Boston very possible has reclaimed more sea than any other U.S. city, so it's hard to imagine that the shoreline from the harbor actually went up to what's now Congress St @ State.

Harvard Bridge
The bridge connecting Boston and Cambridge via Massachusetts Avenue is commonly know as the Harvard Bridge. When it was built, the state offered to name the bridge for the Cambridge school that could present the best claim for the honor. Harvard submitted an essay detailing its contributions to education in America, concluding that it deserved the honor of having a bridge leading into Cambridge named for the institution. MIT did a structural analysis of the bridge and found it so full of defects that they agreed that it should be named for Harvard. This is all true (so says the email).Enjoyed that!


How to say these Massachusetts city names correctly (Say it wrong and be shunned)...Dedham : Dead-um...Tewksbury : Tooks berry...Chatham: ChaddumEach said correctly.

The smallest beer is a pint.This should be UNIVERSAL.

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!That's pretty cool.

Most people live here all their life and still do not know what the hell is going on with this one. Route 128 South is I-95 south. It is also I-93 north.It's I-93 too?

The underground train is not a subway. It is the T, and it does not run all night (fah chrysakes, this ain't Noo Yawk).That's for sure. 24/7 is how we do things....sometimes even the MTA remembers that.

Order the cold tea in China Town after 2:00 am; you will get a kettle full of beer.Wow.

Bostonians: think that it is their God-given right to cut off someone in traffic.
Bostonians: think that there are only 25 letters in the alphabet (no Rs, except in idear.
Bostonians: think that three straight days of 90+ temperatures is a heat wave.All of the above applies to New Yorkers (though not all of us drop our r's like the letter doesn't exist) As for weather, you've got it right. 3 days in a row of 90+ degree weather IS a heatwave. It's friggen hell and even the TV weatherguys tell us that we're in a heatwave when we've entered that 3rd day in a row.

Bostonians: always bang a left as soon as the light turns green, and oncoming traffic always expects it.Who doesn't turn left as soon as the light turns green?

Bostonians: think that 63 degree ocean water is warm.My kind of thinking! :)

Bostonians: think Rhode Island accents are annoying.I wouldn't know but their clear chowder takes time getting used to. ;)

The street that led up to this area got its name from the Latin for "3 hills" -- Tremont Street.

Didn't know that one.

My favorite city to pronounce, Newburyport - New-bree-pawht.

I grew up in Revere (Re -vee-ah) and when I was 18 I spent a week in Kentucky, they thought I spoke a foreign language!!!

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!



Re: The light atop the Berkely Building (Old John Hancock building)...

In October 2004, the beacon flashed red and blue to commemorate the World Series victory of the Boston Red Sox. This was the first time the color scheme changed since the beacon was lit in 1950. A new line was added to the poem accordingly:

Flashing Blue and Red, when The Curse of the Bambino is dead!

The beacon again flashed red and blue when the Red Sox won the 2007 World Series.



And Harvard Bridge measures 364.4 Smoots (+/- one ear) in length.

I changed my pronunciation of "Worcester" to "Wooster" after too many of my colleagues frowned at me when I said "Wor-chest-ur" ;)

It's I-93 too?

Yes and no... Technically it ends in Canton at the I-95/I-93 interchange, but until 1997 it actually continued east beyond that until the "Braintree Split", where I-93 continues North and MA Route 3 goes South. Local radio stations still call that stretch of highway "128", even though it no longer is, technically.

I changed my pronunciation of "Worcester" to "Wooster" after too many of my colleagues frowned at me when I said "Wor-chest-ur" ;)

Wooster is closer but I am in the Wistah camp. Btw, even the airport has an H in it, ORH, when there is no H anywhere in the name. ORC might have made sense, but . . . and almost every month, on my Amex bill, there is at least one business with the address listed as Worchester. Incredible.

Wistah is the correct pronunciation. There is a Wistah Turnpike, but certainly no Worster or Wooster Turnpike.

Maybe it should be spelled Wöster... that would bring about even more variations of pronunciation! :p

The West End and Scully Square are no more; a guy named Rappaport got rid of them one night.

Scollay Square, actually. Pretty much where the Government Center T station is now.

I also say "Mon-peh-lee-a" instead of "Mon-pel-yer" (Montpelier).

haha I remember seeing this on facebook a few years ago.

Here's a few extra points:
-Streets in the back bay are in alphabetical order (Arlington, Berkley, Clarendon, Dartmouth, Exeter, Fairfield, Gloucester, Hereford) BUT they also continue after Mass Ave. and the Charles Gate into Fenway with Ipswich, Jersey, and Kilmarnock.

-The entirety of the the first belt around Boston is called 128 by pretty much everyone here and what the post is getting at is a wrong way concurrency where south of Canton you can be going south on 128 and north on i93 at the same time.

-Some of Boston english has faded out of use: dungarees (jeans), spuckie (sub), tonic (soda), cleansers (dry cleaners), spa (corner store), scooped (hooked up with) etc... I know what these mean obviously, but they're things my grandparents would say so I don't hear them as much, the latter of which might just be people in their 30s, not 20s like me.

-Other words like barrel (trash can), bubbler (water fountain), elastic (rubber band), carriage (shopping cart), pockabook (ladies purse/ handbag), cellar (basement), packie (liquor store) are still used predominantly.

-Also, it's pretty annoying to hear some of the faked Boston accents in the movies, so don't try it yourself either.

My ex wife moved to Boston recently (she's from upstate New York, went to school in Mass). She married me (a southerner) and lived here for 10 years. Now I travel about once per month to visit my son (who is seven). I love listening to new dialects and figuring them out. Last time he and I practiced saying 'five' instead of 'fiiive' and 'mine' instead of 'miiine' and 'I' instead of 'Ah.' We worked a little bit on 'elevatah' instead of elevator. I never really realized how heavy southerners hit their R's until regular visits to Boston. He and I both have become huge Bruins fans and go to a game every time I'm there. Here is my question: he lives in Norton. Is it 'naught-un'? I asked my EX to help and she told me not to even try.

Scollay Square, actually. Pretty much where the Government Center T station is now.don't know if it's still thayah but when taking the blue line in from logan "back in the day", you could see the old station with the words "scollay under" on the wall.

Bostonians: think that there are only 25 letters in the alphabet (no Rs, except in idear.and as goalie-mom and goalie-grandma would say, john kennedy was the only president who spoke propah english when he pronounced cuba as cuber

oh, and it's the broons :D

he lives in Norton. Is it 'naught-un'? I asked my EX to help and she told me not to even try.

Nort-in is down next to ruh-ho-bith. A list of the correct pronunciations of Massachusetts cities and towns can be found on this link. (http://www.worcestermass.com/pronounce/bristolcounty.shtml#norton)

Wistah is the correct pronunciation. There is a Wistah Turnpike, but certainly no Worster or Wooster Turnpike.

And that same road (Rt 9) is called the Boston Turnpike in Shoosbree.

As a transplant from Old England to New England, I was used to a lot of the pronunciations -- many cities were named for British cities and brought their pronunciation with them. So I had no problem pronouncing Worcester, Leicester, etc.

But in some cases the pronunciation changed -- British Shrewsbury is divided 50/50 between those who pronounce it 'Shrows-bree' to rhyme with 'throws-bree' and those who use 'Shrews-bree' as in 'taming of the'. But even the link above is wrong when it comes to Marlborough. British Marlborough is pronounced 'Mall-burruh' (as in 'shopping mall') but Marlborough, MA is 'Mar-bro'.

A few years ago I moved a few miles up the road from Marlborough to Berlin. During World War I, the residents of our bucolic little village didn't want to be identified with the capital of our enemy. So what did we do? We changed the pronunciation. We emphasize the first syllable instead of the second.

And people wonder why Massachusetts is so different from the rest of the US...

LOL, really good post!! I am from Charlestown originally. A few years back when I was driving south of Canton on 128 where it is also I-93 N I was in the breakdown lane driving legally between 3-7pm and was getting out of it into the normal lane. I unfortunately had the luck of doing it in front of an unmarked crewza that then threw his lights on and pulled me over. He tried to say I cut him off and was in the breakdown lane illegally, I wasn't and he sped up to prevent me from getting over until I sped up faster than him lol. So I decided to fight the $100 ticket and had to go to Quincy district court a few weeks later to have a hearing on the matter. Well the officer never showed up, and the clerk and a State Police Seargant had a hell of a time trying to determine exactly where I was on the highway when the incident occurred. I was going south at the same time I was going north and it was pretty comical listening to the seargant try to explain the location to the clerk who was hearing the case in traffic court. So after 5 minutes of this and some constant laughter from all the other folks waiting as these two tried to determine where I was exactly when this happened the clerk looked at me and said here take this and told me to have a nice day I can go now. I was amazed, surprised, and very happy. I got the ticket rescinded and save myself $100 because he told me we don't know where the hell this happened so as far as he was concerned it was my lucky day. I then took the form exonerating me and left to some applause from the rest of the folks waiting patiently. Pretty funny...:D

don't know if it's still thayah but when taking the blue line in from logan "back in the day", you could see the old station with the words "scollay under" on the wall.

It still says Scollay Square somewhere in that station.

Worcester : Wuhsta (or Wistah)

Lived there for 10 months and if you ask for directions people won't understand you if you don't say wuhsta.

How about "Upper Cape" and "Lower Cape"? Lower Cape being north of "Upper Cape".

And "Western Mass" is Framingham.

In Arlington (Ahlington) we had a car dealer, Milla Chevrolet. When I looked the number up in the white pages, a long time ago, at the end of the "Milla" listings it said "see also Miller."

The Worcester accent is, or at least was, unique and easily recognizable. As with friends from Yorkshire, England, I understood about 25% when a Worcester native spoke. Also, I think it sounds more like Wustah?

Bedford --> Bedfah
Westford-->Westfud

Town name most in need of a change. Athol.

"Spucky" is a new one for me; I never, ever heard that in 45+ years and thousands of subs. Is that unique to certain towns?

don't know if it's still thayah but when taking the blue line in from logan "back in the day", you could see the old station with the words "scollay under" on the wall.

It's still thayah, it was just hidden behind a wall for all these yeeahs. Now that they're running six-cah trains they need the extra platfoahm space, so they took 'em away and cleaned up the Scollay Under sign.

Actually, speaking of Couaht St, that someone mentioned earlier, there used to be a Court St. station underneath Scoally Sq. Station, but above the Scollay Under station. There's little left of it now, there's of signs in portions of the ceiling over the Blue Line platforms.

Anyways, goalie knows this, but you guys don't. I'm from the city of Lynn, the city of Sin, weah you nevah come out, the way you came in. Home to the GE plant that made America's first jet engines and to this day... for the military planes, at least. All the commerical jet engines are made in Scannecktoday, New Yoahk.

Also home to Durkee-Mower, the makers of Marshmallow Fluff, the white marshmallow spread that goes good with peanut buttah. And when you put on a slice of bread with peanut buttah, it's called a Fluffahnuttah.

We're also home to the second-largest city pahk in America called Lynn Woods, cuz it's really a forest. And supposedly, at the cemetery near the Woods, we have the second longest second-longest contiguous stone wall in the world... at least, that's what Ripley's says.

Alright, enough with over-exaggeration.

It still says Scollay Square somewhere in that station.

Now that they're running six-cah trains they need the extra platfoahm space, so they took 'em away and cleaned up the Scollay Under sign. Yup, I was down there last week and found it. Government Center station, northbound Blue Line platform, at the far front end... nice old Scollay Under sign in mosaic tile. Someone's spent some time cleaning it up, too. Pretty cool.

John Lackey and Don Orsillo discuss Boston highway directions in a new NESN ad. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Su5EFvbuuFo I don't think there is an acting career ahead for either of them.

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I grew up in Newton. I pronounce Worcester so the first syllable rhymes with puss - Wuss'ter.

I was traveling this past weekend and tried to phone United. The robot kept apologizing for not understanding me. And here I'd always thought I had the most educated and superior way of speaking English!

Sylvia

I'm enjoying this thread!

I grew up in Newton. I pronounce Worcester so the first syllable rhymes with puss - Wuss'ter.

I was traveling this past weekend and tried to phone United. The robot kept apologizing for not understanding me. And here I'd always thought I had the most educated and superior way of speaking English!

Sylviai also grew up in newton ^ from 70-83 (waban on quinobequin rd) but isn't worcester pronounced wustah ;) and we can't help it if the rest of the world doesn't speak nor undahstand propah english now can we? :D

i also grew up in newton ^ from 70-83 (waban on quinobequin rd) ...NSHS? I am NNHS class of '82.

Newton High School, '65

NSHS? I am NNHS class of '82.yeah, the other one ;). nshs, class of '76 (and b.c*., class of '89)

Newton High School, '65ah, the old newton north (before the first new newton north,t hat is ;))


*Boston College Eagles: 2010 Division 1 Men's Ice Hockey National Champions. B.C., 5...Wisconsin, 0 (and yes that was using proper capitalization :D)

ah, the old newton north (before the first new newton north, that is ;))

No, not the old-old Newton "North."

The name was Newton High School. The part about "North" didn't happen until the old-new building got put up around 1970.

Newton High School '52
I lived in West Newton, off Valentine St, near Commonwealth Ave.

Sylvia

No, not the old-old Newton "North."

The name was Newton High School. The part about "North" didn't happen until the old-new building got put up around 1970.didn't it become newton north when south opened in 1960 then followed by the "new" north (circa 1975/6) and now the "new, new" north?

Didn't realize half of flyertalk was from Newton haha

NNHS '04. Grew up in Newton Corner on the Brighton line.

This just hit my inbox.

101 Thing Only Someone from MA Would Get

Only Massachusetts Folks Would Understand

1. The Red Sox World Series win was and will always be one of the greatest moments in your life.
2. The guy driving in front of you is going 70 mph and you're swearing at him for going too slow.
3. When ordering a tonic, you mean a Coke.
4. You went to Canobie Lake Park or Water Country as a kid.
5. You actually enjoy driving around rotaries.
6. You do not recognize the letter 'R' as a part of the English language.
7. Your social security number starts with a zero.
8. You can actually find your way around the streets of Boston.
9. You know what a 'regular' coffee is.
10. You keep an ice scraper in your car year-round.
11. You can tell the difference between a Revere accent and a Dorchester accent.
12. Springfield is located 'way out west.'
13. You almost feel disappointed if someone doesn't flip you the bird when you cut them off or steal their parking space.
14. You know how to pronounce the names of towns like Worcester, Billerica, Gloucester, Peabody and Haverhill.
15. Anyone you don't know is a potential idiot until proven otherwise.
16. Paranoia sets in if you can't see a Dunkin Donuts or CVS Pharmacy within eye shot at all times.
17. You have driven to New Hampshire on a Sunday just to buy alcohol.
18. You know how to pronounce Yastrzemski.
19. You know there's a trophy at the end of the Bean Pot.
20. You order iced coffee in January.
21. You know that the Purple Line will take you anywhere.
22. You love scorpion bowls.
23. You know what they sell at a Packie.
24. Sorry Manny, but number 24 means DEWEY EVANS.
25. You know what First Night is.
26. You know at least one guy named Sean, Pat, Whitey, Red, Bud or Seamus.
Bonus: You know how to pronounce Seamus.
27. McLobster=McCrap
28. You know at least 2 cops in your town because they were your high school drinking buddies.
29. You know there are 6 New England states, but that Connecticut really doesn't count.
30. You give incomprehensible directions to tourists, feel bad when they drive off, but then say to yourself ,'Ah, screw em.'
31. You know at least one bar where you can get something to drink after last call.
32. You all hate the Kennedys, but they get voted in anyway.
33. You know holding onto the railing when riding the Green Line is not optional.
34. The numbers '78 and '86 make you cringe.
35. You've been to Goodtimes.
36. You think the rest of the country owes you for Thanksgiving and Independence Day. (they DO).
37. You have never actually been to 'Cheers.'
38. The words 'WICKED' and 'GOOD' go together.
39. You've been to Fenway Park.
40. You've gone to at least one party at U Mass.
41. You own a 'Yankees Suck' shirt or hat.
42. You know what a Frappe is.
43. You've been to Hempfest.
44. You know who Frank Averuch is.
45. ADVANCED: You know Frank Averuch was once Bozo the Clown.
46. You can complete the following: 'Lynn, Lynn ......'
47. You get pissed off when a restaurant serves clam chowder and it turns out to be friggin' Snows.
48. You actually know how to merge from six lanes of traffic down to one.
49. The TV weatherman is damn good if he's right 25% of the time.
50. You never go to Cape Cod, you go 'down the Cape '.
51. You think that Roger Clemens and Johnny Damon are more evil than Whitey Bulger.
52. You know who Whitey Bulger is.
53. You went to the Swan Boats, House of Seven Gables, or Plymouth Plantation on a field trip in elementary school.
54. Bobby Orr is loved as much as Larry Bird, Tom Brady and Ted Williams.
55. You remember Major Mudd.
56. You know what candle pin bowling is.
57. You can drive from the mountains to the ocean all in one day.
58. You know Scollay Square once stood where Government Center is.
59. When you were a kid, Rex Trailer was the coolest guy around.
Speaking of which. You can still hum the song from the end of Boom Town.
61. Calling Carrabba's an 'Italian' restaurant is sacrilege.
62. You still have your old Flexible Flyer somewhere in your parents' attic.
63. You know that the Mass Pike is some sort of strange weather dividing line.
64. The only time you've been on the Freedom Trail is when relatives are in town.
65. The Big Dig tunnel disaster wasn't a surprise.
66. You call guys you've just met 'Chief' or 'Boss.'
67. 4:15pm and pitch black out means only 3 more shopping days until Christmas.
68. You know more than one person with the last name Murphy.
69. You refer to Savin Hill as 'Stab 'n Kill.'
70. You've never eaten at Durgin Park, but recommend it to tourists.
71. You can't look at the zip code 02134 without singing it.
72. You voted for a Republican Mormon as Governor just to screw with the rest of the country.
73. 11 pm? Drunk? It means one thing: Kowloons!
74. 2 am? Drunk? It means one thing: Kelly's Roast Beef! The one on Revere Beach not the one on Route 1.

75. 5 am? Drunk? It means one thing: You wish you had a blanket in your back seat.
76. You know that P-Town isn't the name of a new rap group.
77. People you don't like are all 'Bastids.'
78. You took off school or work for the Patriots first Super Bowl Win Parade.
79. You've called something 'wicked pissa.'
80. You'll always get razzed for Dukakis.
81. Saturday afternoons meant Creature Double Feature with Dale Dorman.
82. Sunday mornings meant the Three Stooges on Channel 38.
83. You've slammed on your brakes to deter a tailgater.
84. No, you don't trust the Gorton's Fisherman.
85. You know that Papa Gino's usually has a jukebox.
86. You think Aerosmith is the greatest rock band of all time.
87. Your town has at least 6 pizza and roast beef shops.
88. You know at least three Tony's, one Vinnie and a Frankie.
89. 20 degrees is downright balmy as long as there's no wind- then it gets wicked cold.
90. You were very sad when saying goodbye to the Boston Garden.
91. Thanksgiving means family, turkey, High School football and the long version of Alice's Restaurant.
92. You know the guy who founded the Boston Pops was named 'Athah Feedlah'.
93. You know what the Combat Zone is.
94. You actually drive 45 minutes to New Hampshire to save $$ in sales tax.
95. You've pulled out of a side street and used your car to block oncoming traffic so you can make a left.
96. You've bragged about the money you've saved at The Christmas Tree Shop.
97. You've been to Hampton Beach on a Saturday night.
98. Playing street hockey was a daily after school ritual.
99. Hearing an old lady shout 'Numbah 96 for Sioux City !' means it's time for steak.
100. You remember Jordan Marsh, Filene's, Grants, Bradlees, Caldor, Zayres, or Ann & Hope.
101. You actually get these jokes and pass them on to other friends from Massachusetts

In the most recent episode of House, M.D. the character "13" said she was the 'Truth or Dare' champion at Newton North! I lived in Lower Falls for ~ 20 years.

In the most recent episode of House, M.D. the character "13" said she was the 'Truth or Dare' champion at Newton North! I lived in Lower Falls for ~ 20 years.hey neighbor....waban from 1970-1983

This just hit my inbox.
27. McLobster=McCrap
30. You give incomprehensible directions to tourists, feel bad when they drive off, but then say to yourself ,'Ah, screw em.'
41. You own a 'Yankees Suck' shirt or hat.
94. You actually drive 45 minutes to New Hampshire to save $$ in sales tax.


27. Though they try to act like it's the finest kind. Finest kind = no name lobsta roll.
30. When living in Maine, on one occasion I gave a dead pan "Yoah on Route 1 now. Shouldn't be moah than 60 miles." It was 11PM and they were looking to get back to Mass. I had been stuck in tourist traffic near home earlier in the day.
41. www.yankeeshater.com
94. Oh, that isn't just for Mass.

Only Massachusetts Folks Would Understand Oh really?

1. The Red Sox World Series win was and will always be one of the greatest moments in your life. That I bet is true. It isn't like it's happened, let's say, 7 times in your lifetime so far.

2. The guy driving in front of you is going 70 mph and you're swearing at him for going too slow. You haven't driven much outside the Bay State? ;)

5. You actually enjoy driving around rotaries. Yuck, you can have'm. ;)

6. You do not recognize the letter 'R' as a part of the English language. Have you not heard a Brooklyn accent recently? Ask a local from Gravesend for some water. ;)


7. Your social security number starts with a zero. Interesting!

8. You can actually find your way around the streets of Boston. That I believe.

9. You know what a 'regular' coffee is. How does it differ from what we in New York call a coffee regular? For us a coffee regular is coffee with milk and sugar.

10. You keep an ice scraper in your car year-round. As does this New Yorker.

14. You know how to pronounce the names of towns like Worcester, Billerica, Gloucester, Peabody and Haverhill. How do you pronounce Haverhill and Billerica? The other 3 I know.


18. You know how to pronounce Yastrzemski. Even Yankee fans can pronounce that. ;)

19. You know there's a trophy at the end of the Bean Pot. New Yorkers don't go to BU, Harvard or BC? C'mon, we know the Bean Pot. :D

20. You order iced coffee in January. My husband's daily fix in the morning all year long. He's from Brooklyn, not Brookline! ;)


25. You know what First Night is. Please tell me that this list isn't celebrating a New Year's Eve without booze....please!

26. You know at least one guy named Sean, Pat, Whitey, Red, Bud or Seamus. That's right, no Irishmen in NYC, especially no Irish cops. ;)

Bonus: You know how to pronounce Seamus. I got the bonus! ;)

29. You know there are 6 New England states, but that Connecticut really doesn't count. CT drivers have been known as "Junior M@ssholes". ;)


30. You give incomprehensible directions to tourists, feel bad when they drive off, but then say to yourself ,'Ah, screw em.' Definitely must be a M@sshole thing. :p I love helping out tourists. Then again, I'm a New Yorker. :)

31. You know at least one bar where you can get something to drink after last call.You would have to know someone as your last call is ridiculously early.

32. You all hate the Kennedys, but they get voted in anyway. Another M@sshole thing. Obviously you guys love that family so why even pretend to hate them?


34. The numbers '78 and '86 make you cringe. October 2, 1978! Love it!!!

37. You have never actually been to 'Cheers.' Why would anyone? :D

38. The words 'WICKED' and 'GOOD' go together. I hear that in Maine all of the time.

39. You've been to Fenway Park. That's unique?


51. You think that Roger Clemens and Johnny Damon are more evil than Whitey Bulger. The hatred of Clemens makes no sense. The RS sent him to Toronto. He didn't want to leave. Is this rocket science? :D The RS fans boo'd him when he returned to pitch at Fenway wearing a Blue Jays uniform. Odd, just odd.

52. You know who Whitey Bulger is. Thank you the History Channel. ;)

54. Bobby Orr is loved as much as Larry Bird, Tom Brady and Ted Williams. Makes sense; he should be!

57. You can drive from the mountains to the ocean all in one day. MA doesn't own the marketshare on that.

61. Calling Carrabba's an 'Italian' restaurant is sacrilege. Obviously. Same with Olive Garden.

71. You can't look at the zip code 02134 without singing it. My childhood! Zoom!!! :)

72. You voted for a Republican Mormon as Governor just to screw with the rest of the country. He moved to the left; what was the problem?

76. You know that P-Town isn't the name of a new rap group. Amazing how this is known even outside the Bay State. ;)

77. People you don't like are all 'Bastids.' Have you not heard an outer-borough accent?? If not, think Connie Corleone calling Michael a bastid when she suspected that he had her husband killed. :D

85. You know that Papa Gino's usually has a jukebox. You know to mock Carrabba's but then you go to Papa Gino's? ARE YOU KIDDING? Hmm, maybe in Massachusetts Papa Gino's is pizza. ;)

88. You know at least three Tony's, one Vinnie and a Frankie. Any self-respecting Tony, Vinnie or Frankie doesn't go to a Papa Gino's. At least the real ones in Brooklyn. :D

89. 20 degrees is downright balmy as long as there's no wind- then it gets wicked cold. I love Boston's weather.

90. You were very sad when saying goodbye to the Boston Garden. Yup.

91. Thanksgiving means family, turkey, High School football and the long version of Alice's Restaurant. 12pm for the long-version here in NYC.

93. You know what the Combat Zone is. Thanks to Billy Joel, a Long Islander, I know what the Combat Zone is. ;)

94. You actually drive 45 minutes to New Hampshire to save $$ in sales tax. How great that you have that oasis nearby! You'd think your state legislators might figure that out.

98. Playing street hockey was a daily after school ritual. As apparently it was on Long Island.

How do you pronounce Haverhill and Billerica? The other 3 I know.

Haverhill - Two syllables, HAIV'rull

Billerica - Three syllables, billRICKuh

Billerica - Three syllables, billRICKuh

2, actually: Brick-uh.

......

14. You know how to pronounce the names of towns like Worcester, Billerica, Gloucester, Peabody and Haverhill. How do you pronounce Haverhill and Billerica? The other 3 I know.

20. You order iced coffee in January. My husband's daily fix in the morning all year long. He's from Brooklyn, not Brookline! ;)

25. You know what First Night is. Please tell me that this list isn't celebrating a New Year's Eve without booze....please!

39. You've been to Fenway Park. That's unique?

54. Bobby Orr is loved as much as Larry Bird, Tom Brady and Ted Williams. Makes sense; he should be!


[B][COLOR="Red"]90. You were very sad when saying goodbye to the Boston Garden. Yup.


93. You know what the Combat Zone is. Thanks to Billy Joel, a Long Islander, I know what the Combat Zone is. ;)....nicely done ^ but if i may....


14: hayve'rill/hayve'rull and bill'rickah

20: ahem, lived in brookline for 6 yeahs ;)

25: think of the children ;) (just had to say it :D)

39: to clarify-the old men's room under the left and/or right field grandstands where horses went to drink

54: tom brady <meh, imho> but bobby orr....the man who changed the game of hockey and the greatest hockey player ever <feh on the youngun's who nuthin' but gretzky :td:>

90: all those poor homeless rats who had better seats that the paying customers did

93: was, not is ;) tho iirc, there is a plaque on the sidewalk

This just hit my inbox.

101 Thing Only Someone from MA Would Get

Only Massachusetts Folks Would Understand

15. Anyone you don't know is a potential idiot until proven otherwise.

This was the case before I moved to Massachusetts.

18. You know how to pronounce Yastrzemski.

Also the case before I moved to Massachusetts.

20. You order iced coffee in January.

Nothing to do with my location.

25. You know what First Night is.

Performed there in Hartford.

26. You know at least one guy named Sean, Pat, Whitey, Red, Bud or Seamus.
Bonus: You know how to pronounce Seamus.

First: No. Second: Yes.

29. You know there are 6 New England states, but that Connecticut really doesn't count.

If it didn't count, why would I be a Red Sox fan?

30. You give incomprehensible directions to tourists, feel bad when they drive off, but then say to yourself, 'Ah, screw em.'

Nope. I give good directions in New York and Toronto, even.

33. You know holding onto the railing when riding the Green Line is not optional.

Not unless people want me to fall on top of them.

34. The numbers '78 and '86 make you cringe.

Frown yes, cringe no.

37. You have never actually been to 'Cheers.'

I have, but to point and laugh at the tourists.

39. You've been to Fenway Park.

Of course, but I've been to three or four Red Sox-Yankees games at Yankee Stadium, and only one aborted one at Fenway Park.

41. You own a 'Yankees Suck' shirt or hat.

I think I threw it out.

61. Calling Carrabba's an 'Italian' restaurant is sacrilege.

I don't even know where one is!

64. The only time you've been on the Freedom Trail is when relatives are in town.

Or when I'm walking around the city and get REALLY bored.

70. You've never eaten at Durgin Park, but recommend it to tourists.

I've eaten there twice. Why, god, why?!

74. 2 am? Drunk? It means one thing: Kelly's Roast Beef! The one on Revere Beach not the one on Route 1.

One's opening up five blocks from me...

100. You remember Jordan Marsh, Filene's, Grants, Bradlees, Caldor, Zayres, or Ann & Hope.

Most of those were actually in Connecticut. Which is, again, definitely part of New England.

>52. You know who Whitey Bulger is.

Who? I know WHERE Whitey is

>52. You know who Whitey Bulger is.

Who? I know WHERE Whitey isi'm tellin' ma* ;)



*and yes it's ma and not mom :D