How is Billerica pronounced?

[NewJeffCT]

While I live in CT, some of those Mass towns are not easy for even me... my wife may have an interview up that way in the near future. So, I'd like to know how it is pronounced.

Thanks

[pilgrimm]

1. Bill- ricka

[YankeyMCC]

2. Bell-ricka

[NewJeffCT]

3. thanks

is it a nice area up there? how far into Boston? I'm wondering as I think my wife has a pretty good shot at the job up there... so, I would likely have to look in the Boston area for a job.

[YankeyMCC]

4. Be careful

Even within eastern Mass there's variety of accents and pronunciations and I was raised south of Boston so if you use my pronunciation it might not be quiet up to "native" standards. ;)

I don't really know "Bell-ricka" very well. I think it's largely a "blue-collar" kind of town. It's one of the more affordable (a relative term of course in Mass) housing areas. I believe one of the commuter lines goes through (check mbta.com) it is around 128 area so it isn't far from Boston and many people commute from there to Boston.

It all depends on what industry you are looking for a job in but I think the Billerica area puts you in a good location to look for jobs all over the Boston and Southern NH area.

[TayTay]

5. B'rica, how else?

[Kat45]

6. It's Bill-ricka

[bottomofthehill]

7. see the last few lines

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 named after poets, you're in Wellesley.
Massachusetts Ave is Mass Ave; Commonwealth Ave 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.

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 $6/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 spucky it's a sub.
It's not a shopping cart; it's a carriage.
It's not a purse; it's a pockabook.

They're not franks; they're haht dahgs. Franks are money in France.
Police don't drive patrol units or black and whites they drive a "crooza".

If you take the bus, your 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.
If something's good, it's "pissa". If something's really good, it's "wicked pissa".

The Pat's = The Patriots
The Sox = The Red Sox
The C's = The Celtics
The B's = The Bruins

Things not to do:
Don't pahk your cah in Hahvid Yahd .. they'll tow it to Meffa (Medford) or Slumaville (Somerville)
Don't sleep in 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)

Route 128 is also 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 China Town 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).

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...say everything in town is "a five-minute walk." (pronounced "wok")

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

How to say these Massachusetts city names correctly:
Worcester: Wuhsta (or Wistah)
Gloucester: Glawsta
Leicester: Lesta
Woburn: Wooban
Dedham: Dedim (like denim)
Revere: Re-vee-ah
Quincy: Quinzee
Peabody: Peabuddy
Waltham: Walth-ham
Chatham: Chattum

I would add that Haverhill is properly pronounced Hayvrill
Billerica is "Brica"
Chelmsford is "Chemzfid"

Hope you all enjoyed it!
Stay well, do good work, and be gentle with yourself.

[paineinthearse]

8. Who gives a *?

Why does this post get 7 replies in 24 hours, but zero to the activist event notices?

Guess DU'ers prefer to play monopoly in Billerica than going to the OUT OF IRAQ / IMPEACH BUSH event Saturday night in Cambridge and other events WT2 and I have been posting.