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Thu Jul-08-04 05:31 PM
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speaking of pronunciation, try moving to Massachusetts and . . . |
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taking taking your first stab at places like Gloucester and Haverhill . . . gives the natives a really good laugh, it does. . . :)
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Thu Jul-08-04 05:33 PM
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1. As a Masshole, I don't know how folks from out of state understand us! |
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it is the worst accent on earth...
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Thu Jul-08-04 05:37 PM
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10. I'm a masshole living in california |
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no one understands me and i like it that way. One pet peeve i do have is when non massholes try and do a mass accent and they think it sounds real.
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Thu Jul-08-04 05:42 PM
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13. I'm a Californian living in Mass :) |
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Thu Jul-08-04 05:46 PM
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18. What pahhht of mass and what pahht of california? |
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Edited on Thu Jul-08-04 05:46 PM by chimpsrsmarter
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Thu Jul-08-04 06:07 PM
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20. Currently in Lowell, previously Somerville. . . |
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Prior to that, most recently in the San Fernando Valley, before that Bakersfield, before that, Visalia.
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Thu Jul-08-04 06:21 PM
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22. ahhh lovely Somerville |
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I'm from Medford Mass aka Meffa, i live in Elk Grove now, a little south of sucramento.
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Thu Jul-08-04 07:12 PM
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25. I remember when it was called... |
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"Slummerville". That was before no "bah-nees" allowed.
I lived there for about 12 years until I got evicted to my current residence in "Meffa". All the young girls (and I mean all), here are emulating the Britney Spears/Christina Agulara clone fashion.
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Thu Jul-08-04 06:29 PM
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23. Lowell wow I'm in Chelmsfud |
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Thu Jul-08-04 10:20 PM
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38. What makes you think... |
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Thu Jul-08-04 05:34 PM
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2. Glau-ster or Glau-stah? :-) |
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Thu Jul-08-04 05:35 PM
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Thu Jul-08-04 05:37 PM
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Thu Jul-08-04 05:37 PM
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9. If you really want to mess somebody up . . . |
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Have them explain the reason that here's a difference in pronunciation between Gloucester, Worcester, and Dorcester
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Thu Jul-08-04 05:39 PM
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12. GLOSS-tuh, WUHS-tah, and DOHRchestuh |
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Got my PHD in New Englandese, I do. ;-)
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Thu Jul-08-04 05:43 PM
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15. No...wait..DAHr-chestuh. |
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Thu Jul-08-04 08:19 PM
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27. No Surfing in DAHr-chestuh Bay |
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A New Wave ditty by the Gremmies.
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Thu Jul-08-04 08:28 PM
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29. I knew those guys growing up (Unnatural Axe, Gremmies, Future Dads) |
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They usta play loft pahties in the South End when the South End was dangerous. They usta play the Rat a lot too, and I used to sneak in theah undahage-like when I was 15.
There are two ways to pronounce Dorchester (or 'Dot' to the natives). Some say Daw-chestah, others say i with a more New yorkey sounding first syllable.
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Thu Jul-08-04 08:31 PM
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"This summer i'll be riding the three inch waves, It's a Dorchester summer in Dorchester Bay"
And Dot Bay was pretty polluted back then in 1980...
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Thu Jul-08-04 09:36 PM
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36. There is no R in Dahchestah |
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Thu Jul-08-04 05:35 PM
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4. gl-ow-ces-ter... hav-er-hill... in midwesternese anyway. nt |
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Edited on Thu Jul-08-04 05:36 PM by LastKnight
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We were house hunting in NH. Looking for Amherst. Stopped in a filling station to ask directions. "How do I get to Amherst?" "Hum...nevah huhd of it. Around hee-yah?" "I think so. Near Hollis." "Hollis? Hum...OH, you mean AMUST?" uh, yeah
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Thu Jul-08-04 05:36 PM
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6. What about Worchestershire? |
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A long time ago someone told me it was pronounced "Wooster". Sounded fishy to me.
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Thu Jul-08-04 05:38 PM
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Actually it's Woosta shear :) |
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Thu Jul-08-04 05:36 PM
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7. To pronounce "car keys," simply say "khakis." |
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Thu Jul-08-04 05:42 PM
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14. You save the r for the r in idea. n/t |
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Thu Jul-08-04 05:44 PM
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16. and tuner, like a tuner fish sanwhich |
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Edited on Thu Jul-08-04 05:45 PM by chimpsrsmarter
and not to be confused with my stereo tuna
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Thu Jul-08-04 05:44 PM
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Where they make the cigahs.
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Thu Jul-08-04 08:23 PM
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a nice picture which I sawr hanging on the wall.
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Thu Jul-08-04 05:57 PM
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19. Had a teacher once who mispronounced your state. |
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"Massa two-shits"
Never failed to bust us up.
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Thu Jul-08-04 06:56 PM
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24. I don't think anything can beat the Downeast Maine accent! Ayuh! nt |
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Thu Jul-08-04 09:09 PM
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she sounds like the old peppridge farm guy from the commercials.
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Thu Jul-08-04 08:30 PM
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30. While you're at it, try asking for a "milkshake" on Cape Cod. |
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They don't know :wtf: you're talking about. Seems they call it a "frappe" around those parts.
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Thu Jul-08-04 08:37 PM
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33. And a 'Cabinet' in Rhode Island! |
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Thu Jul-08-04 08:31 PM
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31. Worcester or Leicester |
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Thu Jul-08-04 09:06 PM
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34. I think Midwest & east coast accents are cute |
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I can spot them a mile away out here - I admit I get a flutter in my heart when I hear a guy ask for a "soda" or say "shore" instead of "sure.":D
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Thu Jul-08-04 10:12 PM
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37. My mate, a Beantown boy, and I had dialect differences when we first met |
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but we have melded into a nice Chicago-speaking couple.
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Thu Jul-08-04 10:22 PM
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39. We in the Midwest don't have accents. |
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When I'm in the South, I get razzed for my yankee accent, and when I was in grad school in Illinois, I got razzed for having a Southern accent.
meh.
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Thu Jul-08-04 10:22 PM
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40. Im from CT, but I know a few pronunciations... |
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Worcester - Wuh-ster Methuen - Meh-th-OO-en Haverhill - H-AY-v'-rill Gloucester - Gl-OWW-ster Framingham - Fr-AY-ming-ham Natick - N-AY-tihk
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Thu Jul-08-04 10:32 PM
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41. New Hampshire also has funny pronounciations for its towns |
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not offical and mostly used by locals ;)
Manchester - Manch Vegas Nashua - Nausea, Trashua, Trash Vegas (that's mine), Nash Rochester - Roach-fester
(I lived in NH for 4 years)
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