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Bost-onics
How to tawk like someone from Bahston…

Yes, Bostonians drop their Rs after As, like the Pepperidge Fahm Man. But don't worry about poor lost New England R's. In typical Yankee fashion, they get re-used - by sticking them on the ends of certain other words ending with "uh" sounds: "Ah final ahs just disappeah, but wheah they go we've no idear."

Bostonians, like Nooyawkas, often leave out consonants in their rush to get words out, in particular, d's and t's at the end of words. So "so don't I" is more properly pronounced "So doan I," real-estate brokers babble on about houses with plenny a chahm and we get such phrases as onna-conna. Also like Nooyawkas, Bostonians often change the S at the end of words to a Z. "I toll you already, I can't go out on Tuesdiz, 'caz that's when I got practiz.”

And one-syllable words with long-I sounds, such as "mine," often turn into two-syllable words: "Gimme back that curlin' eye-yen, it's MAYAN!" Bostonians also sometimes add H's to the beginning of words that begin with a vowel: "We buy our hundaweah at Hames.”

Some more Bahston talk:

Ahnt -- Your uncle's wife.

B'daydas -- You can serve them mashed, or whipped or boiled.

Bahn -- Garage; usually bigger than the house, but attached.

Brar -- Female undergrament. "I have to buy a new brar, the straps on this one have had it".

Cawna -- Where two streets meet; sometimes, a small neighborhood. "My dad always tells me ta stay away from the bahs on Field's Cawna."

Foddy -- The numbah aftah thihdy-nine.

Kegga -- A beeah bash.

Pahluh -- Front room in a three decka, a.k.a., the living room.

Potty platta -- You go downna Stah deli counta to order one of these when you're having a potty. Yes, yes, it's really "pahty platta," but darnit, if you're not from around there, the first time you ever hear somebody say it, it sounds like "potty platta." A Chicago native still recalls in amazement the first time somebody invited her to "go potty."

Saddadee -- The day after Friday.

Shoe-ah -- Yes, as in: "Wanna go downa Cape this weekend? Shoe-ah!"

Suppa -- Meal served around 6 p.m.

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