For all who know me, and know me well, You know where I'm from and where I call home.. I live in NJ right now and have a great life with my husband and 3 year old daughter Gianna who says the funniest things!! For all my friends in NJ below is a little something to help you get to know where i'm from!! It's too funny and will definetely help you understand why I say some of the crazy things i say like "carraige" instead of shopping cart and "elastic" instead of rubber band and best of all "WICKED"!!!
Pyzam.com has the coolest Layouts for Myspace
Welcome to BawstinFor 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 callNew 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 docks in Dock Square , no water on Water Street . Back Bay streets are in alphabetical "oddah": Arlington , Berkeley , Clarendon, Dartmouth , etc. (Named after British Dukedoms)
So are South Bostonstreets : 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 not in Boston , you're in Wellesley ..Massachusetts Ave is Mass Ave ; Commonwealth Ave is Comm Ave ..
South Boston is Southie. It's East of downtown. 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 : Dedim (like denim w/ a D in the N pace)
Revere : Re-vee-ah
Quincy : Quinzee
Tewksbury : Tooks berry
Leominster : Lemon-sta
Peabody : Peabuddy
Waltham : Walth-ham
Chatham : ChattumDefinitions:
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, 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. 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 BruinsThings 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) You'll get arrested.
Don't wear Orange in Southie on St. Patrick's Day. You'll get worse than arrested!!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 oldJohn Hancock building tell the wetha:
"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 th ere 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.
