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Sunday, August 19, 2012

'R's ah fah losahs

Eek!  The wedding reception is SO SOON!  We need to brush up on our Boston accents right away so that we can effectively mingle with the locals!!


Boston Accents 101:
The traditional accent is non-rhotic.  That is fancy New England speak meaning they don't pronounce r in words or something.  Then there is something about pronouncing a as a broad a.  Turns out phonetics and the English language are too hard.  I can't understand the Wikipedia article about it.  Class dismissed.


Boston Accents 101-Cliff's Notes:
Park the car in Harvard Yard=Pahk the cah in Hahvad Yahd

Lots of cool celebrities have a Boston accent. 
Marky Mark, Matt Damon, Ben Afleck, JFK, Connor and Murphy McManus, etc.
Practice the Boston accent with Tom Brady in the video below:



Here are a few Boston vocab words you might find useful for this weekend:
30 rack = a case of beer
packie run = a trip to the liquor store
clicka = remote control
bang a left = turn left
jimmies = sprinkles
suppa = dinner
pissah = excellent
boozie or booze bag = a drunk person
bobos = boat shoes
wicked = not sure what it means but be sure to use it frequently


If you want to fit in do not call it Beantown. 

Start practicing!!  I can't fahkin wait to have a wicked good pahty.

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    1. That is a good thing, because after the last trip I've decided to move in with your parents.

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