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Speaking Bostonian: Say what?
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  • Written by dinhyen on Sep 5, 2002
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    • Boston Speaking Bostonian
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    • The Bostonian accent is either wickedly incomprehensible or wickedly funny, depending on your perspective. Here's a snippet of conversation my friend told me about:

    Friend: How do I get to Harvard Yard?
    Boston bloke: Hahvid Yahd? Study real hahd. *guffaws*

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    The Beantown Faux Pas: Baked beans and fried dough
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  • Written by dinhyen on Sep 17, 2002
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    • You may think it's clever to call Boston by its nickname, "Beantown". The name probably came from one of the popular local favorite, baked beans, back in colonial days. Nowadays, noone around here calls Boston that any more, and the locals are liable to get upset if you do. "Hub", as in "hub of the universe", is an acceptable alternative.

    While baked beans aren't hawked on the streets any more, fried dough can be found many places, along with my guilty favorite, Italian sausage.

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    LKM1018 Wed Mar 26, 2008 13:15 UTC
     Beautiful opening pic! Thanks for the tips!    		moiraistyx Fri Sep 22, 2006 18:48 UTC
     Nice OTBP tips, I never heard of that sculpture garden before, sounds interesting.
    ColeK Sun Aug 27, 2006 05:30 UTC
     Hi Din, I like your page. One correction however. Paul Revere's house is not the oldest house in Boston. The James Blake House in Dorchester is: http://www.dorchesteratheneum.org/page.php?id=221 Regards, Cole K    		b1bob Sat Apr 29, 2006 19:50 UTC
     Nice job!
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