Comments on: Boston Accent

By: G Squill

G Squill — Sat, 17 May 2008 22:34:38 +0000

I only realized I had a Bahstahn accent lately. Moving from Rozzi to the burbs. Yes it is a Hoss and dinner wouldn’t be the same without B-taydas. Swill, Gahbidge, and trash are all different. The “Arbs” was the most gorgeous living museum. On Friday nights we used to go “scoopin” “hoodsies” of course nevah in our own neighborhood because our Saturday dates would kill us. We drank tonic. We had fake ID’s for the “packies”. James Michael Curley’s picture was in all the bahs especially JP. We ate subs and the kids from southie had spukkies. We graduated from one connah to another then to our bah. If we didn’t go to college we went our “draft board”, then to “nahm”. Wednesday was always “Prince spaghetti day”. We spent our younger years in the summer “hangin in da skool yahd” under supervised City care and learned all the “gimp” stiches (square, round and butterfly). We honed our Chinese checker game and learned how to throw “bean bags” through holes. We had “May Processions” generally the first time we had to hold a girl’s hand (at that time that was not “pissa”).
We got out of school early when they had elections. Usually Kevin White would win. We had to wear ties and a jacket to school,Until Kevin White changed the rule in 1968. Louise Day Hicks’ hair nevah moved. A slice of pizza and an RC Cola was a quarter. “Surman’s” was the only place we could get “irrodescent” pants and “cuban heeled” “mouse traps”. After school got out in the summer we could get into a sox game by just showing our “T” passes for free. Parochial school girls learned the fine art of “rolling the skirts and hiking them up”, in the 10th grade. Ahhh I was so proud and syill am to have a Bahstahn accent and to have been from Bahstahn.

By: Carly

Carly — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 22:51:56 +0000

Check out the accents of Dallas & Johnny from the Outsiders, THOSE are accents! I love it!!

By: Inside the Boston Accent | Boston Behind the Scenes Podcast

Inside the Boston Accent | Boston Behind the Scenes Podcast — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 18:27:27 +0000

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By: JohnC

JohnC — Sun, 15 Apr 2007 19:41:07 +0000

Loved this podcast... love the map. Subscribed on iTunes and looking forward to back issues and future episodes.

Keep up the amazing work.

By: Joanne and David Weiss

Joanne and David Weiss — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 01:38:47 +0000

It’s true…we all travel around more and are so mobile these days…accents are less noticable in certain areas. But different parts of this country certainly do have differences that are unique. I enjoy the differences, don’t you? It’s really to bad that our newscasters have learned to take out the regional quality in their delivery.

Your segment was fun. I don’t hear you as having an accent. Only a linguist would know….. I’d love to hear about some of the guesses.