27 Jul 2005, 5:46 pm
27 Jul 2005, 6:04 pm
Ghosthunter wrote:
Hmmmm? Were you raised in beantown?
Nope, but I'm from Connecticut, which isn't that far away. My family often used to head up to Boston for the 4th of July - nothing like spectacular fireworks accompanied by the Boston Pops! \m/
27 Jul 2005, 6:06 pm
Fogman
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27 Jul 2005, 6:23 pm
Ghosthunter wrote:
[I will give these a try, provided I figure out there
transportation(public) system. It is really putting
me emotional(grrrrr!! !! !!1
)
overload!
transportation(public) system. It is really putting
me emotional(grrrrr!! !! !!1
)overload!
Here's how to figure out Boston.
http://www.mbta.com
Stick to the Subways, stay out of Dorchester as well as Roxbury..... You May also want to avoid South Boston (AKA Southie) as welll, though I've heard that it's gotten better within the past few years.
That being said, you may be safe in Southie due to the fact that you happen to be white. Boston had a LOT of racial conflicts back in the 70's and it carried over into the 80's and into the '90's.
Roxbury and Dorchester are predominately Black neighborhoods. Southie is a predominately Irish ghetto that's more or less a white version of Roxbury and Dot. (Local Nickname for Dorchester)
Cool places to go are Harvard Square in Cambridge (Red Line, Alewife Train)
as well as Beacon Hill (Park St. Station, where the Red line intersects with the Green Line)
Oddly enough, People in Boston will be helpful to you, if you don't know your way around the subways. All you have to do is ask for directions. --For what it's worth, sometimes the ticket people will let you ride for free, but don't take this as a rule,even though it does happen.
27 Jul 2005, 6:34 pm
27 Jul 2005, 9:26 pm
Ghosthunter wrote:
mockingbird wrote:
I live in NY and don't like it much either, except the fact that my family is here and I know my way around everywhere in the area(i get lost easily)
ljbouchard, I live near buffalo...I lived in the city when I was young, and I've always lived less than an hour away
ljbouchard, I live near buffalo...I lived in the city when I was young, and I've always lived less than an hour away
What do you dislike about New York State?
Well, I guess it's not so much the state as the area I am in. I refer to it a a "northern redneck marry-your-cousin" type area, which is really the only way to describe it without going into minute detail. It's far away from everything(fine with me, so long as I have privacy and lots of space outside) but the house is crowded into town with a tiny lawn and a few very nasty neighbors(though some nice ones, too) there's no privacy here, which I can deal with if I'm near some things...ARGH!! Also some very bad experiences happened to me at several places nearby, and the locations sometimes trigger flashbacks.
But my family and familiarity with the area outweigh the bad things, although I would be willing to move....with the right motivation
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29 Jul 2005, 10:26 am
Ghosthunter wrote:
I find this intriguing too! They slur their words.
And have this nasally type sound? It is hard
to grasp their words and since they interpret sound
uniquely this way!
And have this nasally type sound? It is hard
to grasp their words and since they interpret sound
uniquely this way!
The Boston Accent, as well as the General accent of people in New England are more or less closely related to the accent of people that came here from England. The Boston Accent is apparently primarily derivative of the accent that people have in East Anglia.
That being said, there have been a lot of other culteral influences on peoples accents in New England withing the past 150 years, due primarily to Irish, French Canadian, Italian and to s lesser extent Portuguese and Carribean Hispanic immigration. There is also a slight influence from Black Migration form the south as well.
Ghosthunter wrote:
They probly have problem interpreting
ours.
ours.
Actually, We don't as it's broadcasted on TV 24 hours a day.
By the way,when you were in Minnesota, did you notice the slight Scandinavian accent that a lot of people had?
29 Jul 2005, 11:03 am
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29 Jul 2005, 11:50 am
29 Jul 2005, 12:45 pm
A Minnesota Accent!?
My speech/drama teacher in high school was orginally from New York City. He'd comment on our accent from time to time. (Like he didn't have one 
) Anyway, I always thought we talked like the news anchors but he said the Scadinavian accent was definately there.
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29 Jul 2005, 1:05 pm
