People not born in or near Boston often get confused by a native’s accent and although I’ve successfully tamed my Boston accent (for the most part) my word choices are a dead give-away for anyone familiar with what I like to refer to as “Boston SLANGuage”.
In a previous post I explained why the correct phrase is “bubbler” often pronounced as “bubblah” when referring to a fountain or water fountain… Feel free to revisit this language lesson here.
Normally, I focus on one word per blog entry, because I know how hard it can be to learn to speak proper English, but this image which was from the Boston Globe originally was just too tempting to pass up. I also find it fascinating that it includes what other parts of the country use similar language.
We used "jimmies" all the time when I was a kid growing up in Albany. Even though we're 150 miles from Boston, Albany's accent is strikingly different. Probably the Berkshires getting in the way.
'Elastic' is used by some people as far away as India. The Boston dialect truly is very influential.