I'm from Boston.

A friend forwarded an email with some funny (and very true) statements about Bostonians. Being that I have lived my entire life in the Boston area, attended Boston public schools for K1 through eighth grade, and have received numerous comments about my accent, I got a kick out of the email. I took the liberty of editing it a bit:

Boston streets:
There's no school on School Street , no court on Court Street, no dock on Dock Square , no water on Water Street .

Massachusetts city names: (Say it wrong, be shunned)
Worcester : Wuhsta (or Woostah)
Gloucester : Glawsta
Leicester Lesta
Woburn : Woobin
Dedham : Dead-um
Revere : Ra-vee-ah
Quincy : Quinzee
Tewksbury : Tooks berry
Leominster : Lemin-sta
Peabody : Pee-ba-dee
Waltham : Walth-ham
Chatham : Chaddum
Samoset: Sam-oh-set or Sum-aw-set but nevah Summerset!

Definitions:
Frappes have ice cream, milkshakes don't.
If it is fizzy and flavored, it's tonic.
Soda is CLUB SODA.
"Pop" is DAD.
SCROD is whatever they tell you it is, usually fish. If you paid more than $7/pound, you got scrod.
It's not a water fountain; it's a bubblah..
It's not a trashcan; it's a barrel.
It's not a spucky, a hero or grinder,... it's a sub.
It's not a shopping cart; it's a carriage.
It's not a purse; it's a pockabook.
They're not franks; they're haht dahgs; Franks are money in Switzahland.
Police don't drive patrol units or black and whites they drive a "crooza."
It's not a traffic circle, it's a rotary.

The Sox = The Red Sox
The C's = The Celtics
The B's = The Bruins
The Pat's =The Patriots

Other things you should know:
Most people live here all their life and still don't know what the hell is going on with this one:
Route 128 South is I-95 south. It's also I-93 north.

The underground train is not a subway. It's the "T", and it doesn't run all night (fah chrysakes, this ain't Noo Yawk)..

Order the "cold tea" in China Town after 2:00 am you'll get a kettle full of beer.

Bostonians.. . think that it's their God-given right to cut off someone in traffic.

Bostonians.. ..think that there are only 25 letters in the alphabet (no R's)
except in "idea."

Bostonians.. .refer to six inches of snow as a "dusting."

Bostonians.. .always "bang a left" as soon as the light turns green, and oncoming traffic always expects it.

Bostonians.. .believe that using your turn signal is a sign of weakness.

Bostonians.. .think Rhode Island accents are annoying.

Suburban Bostonians Named Rich ................are often called Mitch (this one was added by my friend Kris; inside joke)