Boston Local Custom Tips by shohman

Bostonians aren't all that bad, we just take some getting used to. Don't ask us to say "pahk the cah in hahvahd yahd" We have all heard it way too many times. most people are reserved, but initiate a conversation and we'll respond positively. Good subjects, Sports, Politics, weather.

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Since 1965, every October in Cambridge, MA celebrates The Head of the Charles regatta. This is a Rowing competition on the Charles River and draws a huge crowd. How huge? It is held the same day as the annual Harvard-Yale football game and and blow the attendance away by thousands.

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Bowling in New England is different than everywhere else in the World. Instead of the standard 3 hole balls and pin, we bowl Candlepin. The pins are thin and tall, the ball fits in the palm of your hand, maybe twice the size of a softball. It is much harder to score using this method, but it is tons of fun.
This is very popular, Boston even has it's own candlepin bowling show on t.v. on the weekend

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Website: http://www.searchboston.com/dir/Sports/Sports_and_Recreational_Activities/Bowling/

First off, DO NOT ask a bostonian to say 'park the car in harvard yard' and second, don't try to say it yourself with a boston accent. Nobody can do a Boston accent if they weren't raised here. Here is the gist of it, we do not pronounce 'R' unless it begins the word, so 'car' would be 'cah'. If a word ends in 'er' we pronounce it as an 'a' example, 'never' would be pronounced 'nevah'. 'ar' is pronounced as a soft 'i', so ' Blizzard' becomes 'blizzid'
for a native, the accent is difficult to lose, I've been trying for years with little luck.
We also have our own language; the subway and bus system is called the 'T'. to 'go in town' means you are going from one of the suburbs into Boston proper. 'wicked' means 'very' (we had a wicked good time) I personally never say wicked, but it seems everyone else does.
Please don't make fun of us and worst of all, please don't try to fit in and try to talk like us, you will quickly find yourself alone.

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Parking in Boston is at a premium. During a snowstorm, you will often see an empty space with a chair or some other object sitting there. This is our way of saving a space that we spent hours in the cold shoveling. To park here is about the most dangerous thing your car can do, and there is a 100% chance your car will not be the same as when you left it there.

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