A guide to Boston !

[Frankie]

Thought this was funny,ya might need it someday.

Subject: Welcome to Bawstin (Boston)
> >
> >
> > And you think you have trouble understanding people from the
> > south!!!
> >
> > Welcome to Bawstin (Boston)
> >
> >
> > 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
> > nam ed 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-bree
> > Leominster: Lemin-sta
> > Peabody: Pee-ba-dee
> > Waltham : Walth-ham
> > Chatham: Chaddum
> > Samoset: Sam-oh-set or Sum-aw-set but nevah Summerset!
> >
> > 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 $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 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 Switzahland).
> >
> >
> > Police don't drive patrol units or black and whites they drive a "crooza".
> > If you ta ke the bus, you're 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.
> >
> > 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 Meffa (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: There are two State Houses, two City Halls, two
> > courthouses, two Hancock buildings (one old, one new for each).
> >
> > 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 **** 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). Order the "cold tea" in
> > Chinatown 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) 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.
> >

[Frankie]

Thought this was funny,ya might need it someday.

Subject: Welcome to Bawstin (Boston)
> >
> >
> > And you think you have trouble understanding people from the
> > south!!!
> >
> > Welcome to Bawstin (Boston)
> >
> >
> > 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
> > nam ed 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-bree
> > Leominster: Lemin-sta
> > Peabody: Pee-ba-dee
> > Waltham : Walth-ham
> > Chatham: Chaddum
> > Samoset: Sam-oh-set or Sum-aw-set but nevah Summerset!
> >
> > 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 $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 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 Switzahland).
> >
> >
> > Police don't drive patrol units or black and whites they drive a "crooza".
> > If you ta ke the bus, you're 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.
> >
> > 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 Meffa (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: There are two State Houses, two City Halls, two
> > courthouses, two Hancock buildings (one old, one new for each).
> >
> > 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 **** 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). Order the "cold tea" in
> > Chinatown 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) 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.
> >

[TTT1953]

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