Want people to think you are from New England?
Or do you just want to sound cool at Bit of Boston when you order dinnah? Here is some fun and useful terminology to learn....
ah The letter between "q" an "s."
ahnt Sistah of your fathah or muthah.
bah Serves beah and hahd likkah
bayah Ferocious brown or black animal.
beah Malt beverage; e.g., Gansett.
bon As in: Where were you bon?
Broons Professional hockey team, named after bayahs
bzah Strange, odd
chowdah Clams, milk, buttah Only a Noo Yokka adds tomatoes
con Stahchy veggie that comes on a cob
fah Not neah heah
fok What you eat pahster with.
hahf-ahst Done without regard to detail
heah Done with the eaha
hoss Equine quadruped. Runs at Suffick.
Howahya How are you?
khakis What you staht the cah with.
lobstah Really good shellfish
oddah I’m Mahtha. Can I take yiz oddah?
owah Sixty minutes. Also belonging to us.
pahk Can’t do it in Hahvid Yalhd. Not downtown, eitha. Maybe in Glosta.
pahkah One who pahks a cah.
pahker What you wayah in the winta.
pahlah Where the sofer is.
pahster Spaghetti, ziti, etc., served with veal pahm.
paht Neighborhood of the city: What paht of Bawstin are you from?
pahty A social gathering. Also: Democratic or Republican.
pitchas They throw fast-balls at Fenway.
retahded Silly
shua Of course.
tamorrah The day aftah today.
tonic Coke, Sprite, etc.
wottah A blend of hydrogen and oxygen. Also: a street next to Milk.
Yankee Descendant of the folks who stole the Indians’ seed con.
yeah A 365-day period: The Red Sox always make us wait until the next one.
yiz You, plural. As in: "Ah yiz goin’ down the Cape tamorrah?"