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     Crusty |
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. 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 awddah: 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 Avenueis 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 (Scollay) Square are no more; a guy named Rappaport got rid of them one night. Roxbury is The Burree. Jamaica Plain is J.P. 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 tells 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 and 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. The bridge connecting Boston and Cambridge via Massachusetts Avenue is commonly known 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! Do not pahk your cah in Hahvid Yahd. They will tow it to Meffad (Medford) or Summahville (Somerville). Do not sleep on the Common. (Boston Common) Do not wear orange in Southie on St. Patrick's Day. The Sox = The Red Sox. The Cs = The Celtics. The Bs = The Bruins. The Pats = The Patriots. How to pronounce these Massachusetts cities correctly: Worcester: Wuhsta or Wistah. Gloucester: Glawsta. Leicester: Lesta. Woburn: Woobun. Dedham: Dead-um. Revere: Re-vee-ah. Quincy: Quinzee. Tewksbury: Tooks-ber-ry. Leominster: Lemon-sta. Peabody: Pee-ba-dee. Waltham: Walth-ham. Chatham: Chad-dum. Samoset: Sam-oh-set or Sum-aw-set, but nevah Summerset! Massachusetts Facts: Frappes are made with ice cream - milkshakes are not. If it is carbonated and flavored, it is tonic. Tonic means Soda. When we want Club Soda we ask for CLUB SODA. When we want Tonic Water we ask for TONIC WATER. Pop is another name for Dad. The smallest beer is a pint. Scrod is whatever they tell you it is, usually fish. If you paid more than $7 per pound, you got scrod. It is not a water fountain... it is a bubblah. It is not a trash can... it is a barrel. It is not a hero, or a grinder... it is 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 in Switzahland. Police do not drive patrol units or black and whites... they drive a crewza. If you take the bus, your on the looza crooza. It is not a rubber band... it is an elastic. It is not a traffic circle or round about... it is a rotary. "Going to the islands" means going to Martha's Vineyard or Nantucket. | ||
| Notpurples2 |
Bostonians think that three straight days of 90+ temperatures is a heat wave. I was in "Woobun" for some training a couple of summers ago when they were having a "heat wave." One of the guys saw the picture of the buells on my laptop and we started talking about bikes. He showed me pics of his bike and I asked why he didn't ride to class. "Are you kidding? It's too freakin' hot!" I told him we'd kill for riding weather like that in lower Alabama. He did eventually ride to class. He had an older Kawasaki sportbike that was immaculate. He did in fact ride a lot, he just took really good care of his bike. | ||
| Trojan |
Hmmmm... Boston is in Lincolnshire, founed in around 654ad and was once part of the Hanseatic League. Woburn is in Bedfordshire and has the UK's first Safari Park. leicester is in Leicester and is home to Mallory Park race circuit  Chatham is in Kent and was home to the Royal navy for several hundred years. Somerset is not a twon, but an entire county famous for cider and.....cider drinking Tewksebury is in Herefordshire (or is it Shropshire?) and I know nothing about it other than it is famous for cider and cider drinking (is there a pattern emerging here?). Leominster (pronounced Lemster)_ is definitely in Herefordshire and mum lives up the road form there | ||
| Psykick_machanik |
HO Krap dats funny! Thanks for the mornings first laugh | ||
| Luftkoph |
trojan you would not recognize it as the english language if you went to boston | ||
| Kenm123t |
we can ship the entire state to England Please take them Pwnzor needs the work | ||
| Kevmean |
And Waltham is in North east Lincolnshire Trojan ....... just on the outskirts of Grimsby  | ||
| Bigblock |
Having lived near Boston, and living in N. California, 63 is very warm Ocean water! | ||
| Trojan |
And Waltham is in North east Lincolnshire Trojan ....... just on the outskirts of Grimsby Ahhaaa, missed that one I was thinking of Waltham Abbey or Waltham Cross in Essex/Hertfordshire? I forgot Gloucester (pron. Glossterrrr) and Dedham (Norfolk) too. What makes you think Boston (Mass) was one of the first Brit encampments across the pond | ||
| Fahren |
Glohstuh - that's up on the nawth showah, up past Mahblehedd. I wah bohn in Plymouth, wheyah the Pilgrim fahthahs landed in 1620. That's on the south showah, between Bahstin and the Cape. |
