NorwichDad
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They have another language.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_accent
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbK4cL3QSc0
Paaark The Car! Wicked Bad!
Chhowwwwder
Well at least they are represented by Tom Brady.
What I have to deal with....
My Jersey Accent and for that matter being represented in the national conscience, by Snookie, Jwoww, Vinnie and the rest of the Jersey Shore Crew
Being from Seattle, we just get every "Rain joke" in the book. all true by the way.
Well- if you really want to hear what a Bostonian sounds like- here's Mayor Tom Menino (He's been the mayor for 22 years) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-UWthhS_Bw
BTW: It's pronounced "Beah"- not Beer. It's "Cape Cawd"; Worcester is pronounced "Wistah"- not "wooster", and it's "Hahvid". The train is called "The T"; and they are just "the Sox"- not "Red Sox nation" or any of that other trendy post 2004 nonsense!
"THIS IS YOUR LOBSTER. THERE ARE MANY IN THE SEA LIKE IT, BUT THIS ONE IS YOURS. HE'S BEEN FETCHED FROM THE ATLANTIC OCEAN, PROMPTLY BROILED, THEN SERVED FRESH TO YOU WITH DIPPING BUTTER AND CORN ON THE COB. ORDER A COLD DRINK FROM THE BAR AND START THIS MEAL WITH OUR FAMOUS SEAFOOD CHOWDER!"
In the Plymouth Colony, lobster was so detested that laborers had it specified in their contracts that they would only be fed the stuff at a max three times a week.
It only got fancy in the late 19th Century.
No lemon?