speaking of pronunciation, try moving to Massachusetts and . . .

[OneBlueSky]

taking taking your first stab at places like Gloucester and Haverhill . . . gives the natives a really good laugh, it does. . . :)

[Kathy in Cambridge]

1. As a Masshole, I don't know how folks from out of state understand us!

it is the worst accent on earth...

[AlCzervik]

10. I'm a masshole living in california

no one understands me and i like it that way. One pet peeve i do have is when non massholes try and do a mass accent and they think it sounds real.

[ET Awful]

13. I'm a Californian living in Mass :)

Since '98

[AlCzervik]

18. What pahhht of mass and what pahht of california?

[ET Awful]

20. Currently in Lowell, previously Somerville. . .

Prior to that, most recently in the San Fernando Valley, before that Bakersfield, before that, Visalia.

[AlCzervik]

22. ahhh lovely Somerville

I'm from Medford Mass aka Meffa, i live in Elk Grove now, a little south of sucramento.

[-..__...]

25. I remember when it was called...

"Slummerville". That was before no "bah-nees" allowed.

I lived there for about 12 years until I got evicted to my current residence in "Meffa". All the young girls (and I mean all), here are emulating the Britney Spears/Christina Agulara clone fashion.

[billybob537]

23. Lowell wow I'm in Chelmsfud

[ET Awful]

26. Hi Neighbor :) n/t

[SadEagle]

38. What makes you think...

... that we do? ;-)

[jpgray]

2. Glau-ster or Glau-stah? :-)

[ET Awful]

3. And Have Rull :)

[trof]

very good

[ET Awful]

9. If you really want to mess somebody up . . .

Have them explain the reason that here's a difference in pronunciation between Gloucester, Worcester, and Dorcester

[trof]

12. GLOSS-tuh, WUHS-tah, and DOHRchestuh

Got my PHD in New Englandese, I do.
;-)

[trof]

15. No...wait..DAHr-chestuh.

[Ellen Forradalom]

27. No Surfing in DAHr-chestuh Bay

A New Wave ditty by the Gremmies.

[Kathy in Cambridge]

29. I knew those guys growing up (Unnatural Axe, Gremmies, Future Dads)

They usta play loft pahties in the South End when the South End was dangerous. They usta play the Rat a lot too, and I used to sneak in theah undahage-like when I was 15.

There are two ways to pronounce Dorchester (or 'Dot' to the natives). Some say Daw-chestah, others say i with a more New yorkey sounding first syllable.

[Kathy in Cambridge]

32. A lyric I remember

"This summer i'll be riding the three inch waves, It's a Dorchester summer in Dorchester Bay"

And Dot Bay was pretty polluted back then in 1980...

[radiclib]

36. There is no R in Dahchestah

[trof]

8. Gloss-tuh

[LastKnight]

4. gl-ow-ces-ter... hav-er-hill... in midwesternese anyway. nt

[trof]

5. Amust

We were house hunting in NH.
Looking for Amherst.
Stopped in a filling station to ask directions.
"How do I get to Amherst?"
"Hum...nevah huhd of it. Around hee-yah?"
"I think so. Near Hollis."
"Hollis? Hum...OH, you mean AMUST?"
uh, yeah

[Speck Tater]

6. What about Worchestershire?

A long time ago someone told me it was pronounced "Wooster". Sounded fishy to me.

[ET Awful]

Actually it's Woosta shear :)

[AlCzervik]

11. Wistasheer

[GoddessOfGuinness]

21. Whats its here

[Worst Username Ever]

7. To pronounce "car keys," simply say "khakis."

[carpetbagger]

14. You save the r for the r in idea. n/t

[AlCzervik]

16. and tuner, like a tuner fish sanwhich

and not to be confused with my stereo tuna

[trof]

17. Cuber.

Where they make the cigahs.

[Ellen Forradalom]

28. and drawr

a nice picture which I sawr hanging on the wall.

[Qutzupalotl]

19. Had a teacher once who mispronounced your state.

"Massa two-shits"

Never failed to bust us up.

[Ithuilwen]

24. I don't think anything can beat the Downeast Maine accent! Ayuh! nt

[AlCzervik]

35. My gandma

she sounds like the old peppridge farm guy from the commercials.

[NightTrain]

30. While you're at it, try asking for a "milkshake" on Cape Cod.

They don't know :wtf: you're talking about. Seems they call it a "frappe" around those parts.

[Kathy in Cambridge]

33. And a 'Cabinet' in Rhode Island!

:crazy:

[MissMillie]

31. Worcester or Leicester

Wuss-tah and Less-tah

[flamingyouth]

34. I think Midwest & east coast accents are cute

I can spot them a mile away out here - I admit I get a flutter in my heart when I hear a guy ask for a "soda" or say "shore" instead of "sure.":D

[Ellen Forradalom]

37. My mate, a Beantown boy, and I had dialect differences when we first met

but we have melded into a nice Chicago-speaking couple.

[Blue-Jay]

39. We in the Midwest don't have accents.

When I'm in the South, I get razzed for my yankee accent, and when I was in grad school in Illinois, I got razzed for having a Southern accent.

meh.

[CTLawGuy]

40. Im from CT, but I know a few pronunciations...

Worcester - Wuh-ster
Methuen - Meh-th-OO-en
Haverhill - H-AY-v'-rill
Gloucester - Gl-OWW-ster
Framingham - Fr-AY-ming-ham
Natick - N-AY-tihk

[CTLawGuy]

41. New Hampshire also has funny pronounciations for its towns

not offical and mostly used by locals ;)

Manchester - Manch Vegas
Nashua - Nausea, Trashua, Trash Vegas (that's mine), Nash
Rochester - Roach-fester


(I lived in NH for 4 years)