Can you name the words that Bostonians pronounce funny? by midlifecrisis

Description	Word
vehicle on highway
what you do with vehicle when you get to a destination
Ivy League college in town
the sun is one
basement
type of thick soup
not premium gas
country that is south of Florida
furniture for storing clothes in bedroom
number of days it rained for Noah
someone from out of state or country
refuse, trash or waste
toasted sub sandwich
someone who runs a city
type of dangerous shark or whale
small spheres used in Chinese Checkers
365 or 366 days
term used in formally addressing a man
not this one, but the.....

Description	Word
above
at this location
at a different location
a 'cold one' you open at a party (potty)
a room where pool is played
a shape with even and perpendicular sides
people in a play or book
a get together with eating and drinking
a small tray that large food quantities are served on
gay or odd
expensive seafood served with drawn butter
female parent
deli product with meat and cheese on bread
absolutely certain
teacher at a college
meal served around 6 pm
where grapes are grown
affirmative

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What Are Words For? (Boston edition) Quiz

by midlifecrisis

Created Mar 16, 2010 in Language
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	Dirky:	Mar 17th, 2010 at 02:42 GMT	4 points
	you should be able to type the bostonian pronunciation of the words

	scoripyo:	Mar 17th, 2010 at 02:47 GMT	4 points
	you might want to add "order" to the list, as they pronounce it more like "auder"

	bdrugs:	Mar 17th, 2010 at 03:11 GMT	3 points
	maybe change, the square one to like a common intersection, or something like that just to make it a little harder, just because Boston has a million different squares, but yeah really cool quiz, even some i didnt get that i do say

	Gjarble:	Mar 17th, 2010 at 03:16 GMT	3 points
	The clue for beer should probably be changed to just "a cold one" so people know the clue isn't asking for a verb. Also, "dinnah" should be accepted for the supper clue.

	midlifecrisis:	Mar 17th, 2010 at 03:33 GMT	2 points
	fixed beer and added dinnah

	TheBigE1980:	Mar 17th, 2010 at 04:15 GMT	3 points
	Great quiz. Quite entertaining.

	melissa:	Mar 17th, 2010 at 12:51 GMT	4 points
	Hilarious! I grew up in the Midwest where we pronounce our R's with a vengeance. The first time I visited Boston, I asked someone for directions on the T (subway). He tells me to take the green line and then change lines at "Pahk" Street. I say "Where? Change where?" and he keeps saying "PAHK Street" - I have no idea what he's talking about, so I finally try to spell it and say "P-0-C-K? Pock?" and he says "NO! P-A-AH-K, Pahk!" It finally dawns on me what he's saying and I go "Oh, PARK Street", and (shaking his head at my utter ignorance) he says "Yah, Pahk!"

	Coxy14:	Mar 17th, 2010 at 13:14 GMT	3 points
	I'm born and raised in Boston, and I've never, ever heard anybody pronounce Cuba as "Cuber". Not sure where you got that from.

	Rhys:	Mar 17th, 2010 at 13:24 GMT	3 points
	I pronounce quite a few of those words the way people from Boston do apparently. And I'm from the other side of the world.

	Pit_trout:	Mar 17th, 2010 at 14:51 GMT	4 points
	@Coxy14: I'm British not Bostonian, so this answer may not apply, but... say a sentence like "Cuba is a country". When I say that, I automatically insert an "r" to stop the vowels running together in "Cuba is..."; and as I understand, this is common in accents that don't pronounce most r's (eg British or Bostonian), but unusual in ones that do (i.e. most American).

	duckie527:	Mar 17th, 2010 at 15:06 GMT	3 points
	Coxy 14, Listen to a tape of John Kennedy talking about the Bay of Pigs or the Cuban Missile Crisis. He clearly says "Cuber."

	folio1701:	Mar 17th, 2010 at 20:27 GMT	2 points
	Dude, let people type in the M**** spelling.

	midlifecrisis:	Mar 17th, 2010 at 23:02 GMT	2 points
	the phonetic spelling of these words is somewhat subjective

	Lindsay:	Mar 26th, 2010 at 00:49 GMT	1 point
	How about Mondee, Tuesdee, etc. for the days of the week? That drives me crazy (I'm from Worcester - a.k.a. Wihstah)

	OilFan:	Mar 27th, 2010 at 04:29 GMT	2 points
	Can you please accept "characters" since the clue specifies "people"? I typed too fast.

	jumbodung:	Jun 10th, 2010 at 22:51 GMT	3 points
	There are different accents in Massachusetts, Boston, and New England. The variations stem not only from specific location, but by social class and generation. There are plenty of people from places in Boston/Massachusetts with heavy accents that don't add "r" to the end of words like "Cuba". It was never overwhelmingly popular to add that r, but it was far more common in the Kennedy era and for people growing up in MA at or before that time. Now, it is hardly ever heard, especially from those outside that generation. In any case, fun quiz.

	wbutler49:	Jun 12th, 2010 at 18:32 GMT	0 points
	Nobody says "cuber" for cuba. Sorry

	wbutler49:	Jun 12th, 2010 at 18:33 GMT	4 points
	And nobody speaks like the Kennedys except the Kennedys

	midlifecrisis:	Jun 15th, 2010 at 15:47 GMT	3 points
	Not even the mayor on the Simpsons? LOL

	wbutler49:	Jul 22nd, 2010 at 23:04 GMT	6 points
	okay, nobody speaks like the Kennedys except the Kennedys and diamond joe quimby

	fazz1:	Mar 22nd, 2011 at 18:06 GMT	-2 points
	not very good quiz

	mjl334:	May 25th, 2011 at 18:35 GMT	0 points
	ya no one from boston would really need to say the word cuba in the first place, let alone pronounce it "cuber". '-er' sounds are pronounced '-a', so the pronounciation of cuba doesn't change.

	mango5564:	Jun 19th, 2011 at 21:33 GMT	2 points
	Can I just say, as a Bostonian, that the majority of us don't have Boston accents. Especially when you get further away from Cambridge.

	Obama1:	Jul 16th, 2011 at 02:26 GMT	4 points
	only the folks living in the innah city have those thick accents but you can still find a few people in the subibs with a slight accent. also people dont say cuber anymoah. that was true of olda generations but thats kinda faded with time. also, it isnt poddy. thats a new yo-uhk accent. its pahty. also fuh 40, the oldah generations tend moah to fahddy but the youngah generations tend moah to fwahty. as lindsay said, a lot of us do say mondee, tuesdee, and yestahdee. fuhthuh, its not just the ah's. owah os ah slightly different too with a little 'w' sound added in. likewise, the shwot u's ah kinda different but only slightly, it would take a liflong bostonian to pick it up. and fah any outa-townahs, try undahstanding that lol

	BeantownHockey:	Aug 24th, 2011 at 03:15 GMT	3 points
	"Cuber"??? Wicked Retaaaaded

	MiniZilla74:	Sep 4th, 2011 at 18:33 GMT	2 points
	Grinder is more of a Rhode Islander thing...just sayin'.

	Phine:	Oct 23rd, 2011 at 22:57 GMT	1 point
	Yeah, I've lived just outside Boston my entire life and I have never once heard anyone call a sub a "grinder". Ever. I went to Connecticut and had to ask someone what it was. Also, I've never heard anyone say "Cuber" in my life. Other than that, it's pretty accurate.