That's a keepa!

some people wouldn't believe it and think it's the same, but yes, there really is a difference between Boston and Down East.


~Pipi, from the western part of the state, where we talk normal

Where else can you hear the word "drarrer"?

I grew up near W-AH-shington, but I stil W-OR-sh the clothes. Same basic principle, just in reverse.

to drink.

you pahk the cah in Hahvahd Yahd

That's my favorite

I'll stick to my midwestern standard dialect, TYVM!


Laura

Or a drink from the bubblah?
or a song (about the real "State of Massachusetts&quot with the Murphys?

for a tiny state...

in a couple weeks. Gotta tell him memorizing this is mandatory. I've been trying to teach him to say, 'Stah Mahket!' Right? Thanks!

you don't wanna do that.

Trying to speak Boston without actually having been born there is tricky. They can tell out there. And to them, it sounds like people are making fun of them. It's a very subtle thing.

Like when actors try to emulate JFK's Boston in a movie. Even I, out here in the boondocks (anywhere that's not Boston), can tell it's fake.

Better to just let him sound like a "foreigner".

"Pahk the cah and get a pitzer." Go figyah.