Welcome to Bawstin (Boston)
If you've never been to "Bawstin", this is a good introductory guide.
We 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"
East Boston is "Eastie"
The South End is the South End.
Roxbury is The Burry, Jamaica Plain is J.P.
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.
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 berry
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.
(And yes, 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, a hero or grinder,... 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 Switzahland.)
Police don't drive a patrol unit or a black-and-white. 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.
"Goin' to the Ah-lands" means Martha's Vineyard &
Nantucket.
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 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)
Route 128 is also I-95 south. It's also I-93 north.
(Most people live here all their life and
still
don't know what the hell is going on with
this one.)
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
and you'll get a kettle full of beer.
Bostonians Think that:
It's their God-given right to cut off
someone in traffic.
There are only 25 letters in the alphabet
(no R's - except in "idea").
Three straight days of 90+ temperatures is
a heat wave.
Using your turn signal is a sign of weakness.
63-degree ocean water is warm.
Rhode Island accents are annoying.
Six inches of snow is a "dusting."
---and---
Bostonians...always "bang a left" as soon as the light turns
green,
and oncoming traffic always expects it.
Send a link to this page to your friends who don't live in Boston
(and the ones who do.)
(Received from Fred Hale - Origonal source unknown – Posted
17 January, 2008)