The Silly Things We Say in Boston

Yesterday I alluded to some Boston colloquialisms. I thought I'd expound. We here in Boston are weird. Not only do we drop our r's a lot when we talk, we have some unique phrases. Take a read at these...

Packie. The package or liquor store. "The packie is a place weah ya buy ya beah."

Onna-conna. As in on account of, "I can't go to the packie onna-conna it's closed on Sundays."

Ba-ba. The person that cuts your hair. "I went to the bah-bah and it cost me fifteen doll-uhs."

Bub-lah. It's spelt bubbler, which is a water fountain. "It's so hut out. Hold my pocketbook (purse) while I go and get a drink at the bub-lah."

Wicked. To us this means good. "Did you see the Pat's game last night? Wicked piss-ah!" Adding the word "pisser" into the context means it's really, really good.

Meffid. The city of Medford. "Meffid is next to Sommaville. My ex-boyfren and I use ta hang out in Meffid Squayah."

Huss. As in a pony...or horse. "Weah gonna go up nahth (north) to see ya ahnt (aunt), maybe she'll let ya ride the husses." Or better yet, "Did you rent the Huss Whispa-rah with Rawbit Reffid? That's a great pic-cha!"

Daak. As in dark. "I hate the win-tah (winter). It gets daak too early. At fouah o'clock the sun is settin."

No suh. As in no way or no sir...not sure what it really means. Jenny: "Did you know Ayla got booted from American Idol last night?" Sally: "No suh!" Jenny: "Ya huh!"

Wistah. The city of Worcester. "If you bang a uey (make a U-turn) at the caw-nah (corner), you'll held right inta downtown Wistah."

Jimmies. Chocolate sprinkles for your ice cream. "Can I have a lahge choc-lit with jimmies?"

Frappe. A milkshake. "I didn't want no honkin' ice cream cone with jimmies. You fuh-gut. I wanted a frappe!"

P'daydas. Potatoes. "And for yah p'dayda? Mashed, baked or fries?"

Skeeve. As in freaks out. "That Mahk kid dude. He skeeves me out."

Quayuh. As in queer, but not gay, more so stupid and dorky. "You ah so quayuh! Why would anyone still listen to rec-kids? You should just get it on CD."

Light Dawns ova Mahblehead. As in being so stupid it took you awhile to catch on. Marblehead, the birthplace of the US Navy, is a small town near Salem. "My professah was 'splainin (explaining) sumpin (something) on the board and it was like 'lights dawns ova Mahblehead'. I finally got it!"

Alright, that's enough. I'm just glad today is Saddadee so I can relax. Over and out...

Rick

P.S. Bandit's bah-kin up a stom. Must be the rah-tree-vah.