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@AbbyK wrote:

II'm from MA, too!  You forgot

"bubbla "...,I.e. water fountain.  Love our unique sayings and pronunciations!  As soon as I open my mouth, people  know where I'm from, and say I have Strong Boston accent!

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@AbbyK  Me too.  I barely say a word and right away I get "are you from Boston?"

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@Cakers3 wrote:

A little diversion for those who would like to share.

For me:

Bang a u-ee (yoo-ee) (Make a u-turn.)

Wicked and wicked pissah. (Most excellent, cool)

Frappe (silent "e").  Order a milkshake and you will end up with syrup flavored milk instead of ice cream. syrup,  and milk.

Leaf peeper.  (Usually a tourist arriving to see the colors of the trees changing in the Fall but can be local folks, too)

Grinders (submarine sandwiches)

Barrel (Trash can)

Carriage (Grocery cart and I've had strange looks down here using this one lol)

Blinker ("blinkah".  Turn signal)

Elastic (rubber band)

Packie (Package Store where you buy liquor)

State-ee (State Trooper or "troopah")

And of course:  Pahk the cah in the Hahvahd Yahd because you must drop the "r".

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Ahh another Massachusetts gal.  I say all of these!

[SandySparkles]

@sunshine45 😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣 @ Bawlmer Merlin😂😂😂

Whew!

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@Vivian wrote:

I was brought up in NYC and I recently noticed that where I now live, in upstate NY, we talk about "handbags" but in the NYC area, they refer to "pocket books,"usually pronounced "pockahbooks."I recently heard Judge Judy pronounce it that way. It's a sure giveaway to where she was raised.

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Being from Boston I say "pockabook." Isn't that the way it's supposed to be said?😉

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@wakefield64 wrote:

Being from Mass, friendly observation. We never called submarine sandwiches grinders, simply called them “subs”.

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They are subs to me.  And don't forget lobsta.

[Xivambala]

@Carmie:

LOL...I refuse to say care-ah-mel. It's car-mull. 

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@Biftu wrote:

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@AbbyK wrote:

II'm from MA, too!  You forgot

"bubbla "...,I.e. water fountain.  Love our unique sayings and pronunciations!  As soon as I open my mouth, people  know where I'm from, and say I have Strong Boston accent!

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@AbbyK  Me too.  I barely say a word and right away I get "are you from Boston?"

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I am.

[SandySparkles]

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@Vivian wrote:

I was brought up in NYC and I recently noticed that where I now live, in upstate NY, we talk about "handbags" but in the NYC area, they refer to "pocket books,"usually pronounced "pockahbooks."I recently heard Judge Judy pronounce it that way. It's a sure giveaway to where she was raised.

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My grandmother was a southerner, and always referred to her handbag as a "pockabook", until she went to heaven. She was ALWAYS searching for her pockabook.😊

~~~All we need is LOVE💖

[red&curly]

@SandySparkles  Yes always pocketbook.We say drink=pop.

I'm fixing' to,down yonder,down the road apiece.

Drawers=underwear,Icebox=refrigerator,Oh,Lawdy.

Funeral parlor,setting up.

Wal-Martz,Belkz,JCPZ,Kmartz,etc.

[VanSleepy]

I'm from the Chicago area and can't think of any sayings, it's more pronunciation. I've now lived in New Jersey longer than I did in Illinois, but still get asked where are you from?  I've trained myself to say roof and root beer the way they do here. But Mary, merry, marry, berry, Barry, bury still all sound exactly the same coming out of my mouth lol