On Thu, 23 Apr 2015 08:43:06 -0700 (PDT), Tim wrote:

Great story John. I'd really like to take a trip there sometime

Just don't go with a guy name 'Rooster' as your Captain!
--

Guns don't cause problems.
Gun owner behavior causes problems.

On Thursday, 23 April 2015 09:50:18 UTC-3, wrote:
On Thursday, April 23, 2015 at 6:15:44 AM UTC-4, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 4/23/2015 3:49 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 4/22/2015 9:11 PM, wrote:
On Wednesday, April 22, 2015 at 4:24:35 PM UTC-4, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 4/22/2015 4:18 PM, wrote:
On Wednesday, April 22, 2015 at 2:58:24 PM UTC-4, Mr. Luddite wrote:

Back when I had boats in Scituate, MA the town had a fairly new
Whaler
set up as one of the Harbormaster's patrol boats. Over the course
of a
couple of years it sat lower in the water and was losing top speed.
They hauled it, drilled a hole in the hull and water drained out of it
for days. I think they contacted Boston Whaler about it but I don't
know what the outcome was.

How do the locals pronouce "Scituate"?



It's fun to listen to some of the national news outlets or visitors to
MA try to pronounce "Worcester" correctly.

Up here, it's a two syllable word.

Thanks, I was seriously interested. There are some town names all
over the country that are pronounced a bit strange except for the locals.

I'm guessing Worcester is pronounced worsh-ster.



"wooster"


Correction: "Woosta"

And they say us southerners talk funny!

I think y'all talk funny!

On 4/23/15 12:01 PM, True North wrote:
On Thursday, 23 April 2015 09:50:18 UTC-3, wrote:
On Thursday, April 23, 2015 at 6:15:44 AM UTC-4, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 4/23/2015 3:49 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 4/22/2015 9:11 PM, wrote:
On Wednesday, April 22, 2015 at 4:24:35 PM UTC-4, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 4/22/2015 4:18 PM, wrote:
On Wednesday, April 22, 2015 at 2:58:24 PM UTC-4, Mr. Luddite wrote:

Back when I had boats in Scituate, MA the town had a fairly new
Whaler
set up as one of the Harbormaster's patrol boats. Over the course
of a
couple of years it sat lower in the water and was losing top speed.
They hauled it, drilled a hole in the hull and water drained out of it
for days. I think they contacted Boston Whaler about it but I don't
know what the outcome was.

How do the locals pronouce "Scituate"?



It's fun to listen to some of the national news outlets or visitors to
MA try to pronounce "Worcester" correctly.

Up here, it's a two syllable word.

Thanks, I was seriously interested. There are some town names all
over the country that are pronounced a bit strange except for the locals.

I'm guessing Worcester is pronounced worsh-ster.



"wooster"


Correction: "Woosta"

And they say us southerners talk funny!

I think y'all talk funny!



I always heard it pronounced "Wuuusta" and "Wista."
Massachusetts is full of fun place names, like, oh, Haverhill.
I have some cousins that grew up in towns on Boston's North Shore, and
it is always a grin to talk to them because of their pronunciation
differences and their vocabularies full of unique local words.

On 4/23/2015 12:06 PM, Keyser Söze wrote:
On 4/23/15 12:01 PM, True North wrote:
On Thursday, 23 April 2015 09:50:18 UTC-3, wrote:
On Thursday, April 23, 2015 at 6:15:44 AM UTC-4, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 4/23/2015 3:49 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 4/22/2015 9:11 PM, wrote:
On Wednesday, April 22, 2015 at 4:24:35 PM UTC-4, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 4/22/2015 4:18 PM, wrote:
On Wednesday, April 22, 2015 at 2:58:24 PM UTC-4, Mr. Luddite
wrote:

Back when I had boats in Scituate, MA the town had a fairly new
Whaler
set up as one of the Harbormaster's patrol boats. Over the course
of a
couple of years it sat lower in the water and was losing top
speed.
They hauled it, drilled a hole in the hull and water drained
out of it
for days. I think they contacted Boston Whaler about it but I
don't
know what the outcome was.

How do the locals pronouce "Scituate"?



It's fun to listen to some of the national news outlets or
visitors to
MA try to pronounce "Worcester" correctly.

Up here, it's a two syllable word.

Thanks, I was seriously interested. There are some town names all
over the country that are pronounced a bit strange except for the
locals.

I'm guessing Worcester is pronounced worsh-ster.



"wooster"


Correction: "Woosta"

And they say us southerners talk funny!

I think y'all talk funny!



I always heard it pronounced "Wuuusta" and "Wista."
Massachusetts is full of fun place names, like, oh, Haverhill.
I have some cousins that grew up in towns on Boston's North Shore, and
it is always a grin to talk to them because of their pronunciation
differences and their vocabularies full of unique local words.


Haverhill is pronounced "Heyvrill" up here.

I get a kick out of all the towns or places in MA with Indian words or
tribe names. Just a few of many:

Agawam (means "low water" or "place to unload canoes")
Assinippi ("rocks in water")
Lake Chaubunagungamaug
Cochituate ("place of swift water")
Humarock "shell place" or "rock carving"
Pocasset "where the stream widens"
Sagamore "chief"
Scituate "at the cold spring or brook"
Swampscott "place of red rocks"

On 4/23/2015 12:06 PM, Keyser Söze wrote:
On 4/23/15 12:01 PM, True North wrote:
On Thursday, 23 April 2015 09:50:18 UTC-3, wrote:
On Thursday, April 23, 2015 at 6:15:44 AM UTC-4, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 4/23/2015 3:49 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 4/22/2015 9:11 PM, wrote:
On Wednesday, April 22, 2015 at 4:24:35 PM UTC-4, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 4/22/2015 4:18 PM, wrote:
On Wednesday, April 22, 2015 at 2:58:24 PM UTC-4, Mr. Luddite
wrote:

Back when I had boats in Scituate, MA the town had a fairly new
Whaler
set up as one of the Harbormaster's patrol boats. Over the course
of a
couple of years it sat lower in the water and was losing top
speed.
They hauled it, drilled a hole in the hull and water drained
out of it
for days. I think they contacted Boston Whaler about it but I
don't
know what the outcome was.

How do the locals pronouce "Scituate"?



It's fun to listen to some of the national news outlets or
visitors to
MA try to pronounce "Worcester" correctly.

Up here, it's a two syllable word.

Thanks, I was seriously interested. There are some town names all
over the country that are pronounced a bit strange except for the
locals.

I'm guessing Worcester is pronounced worsh-ster.



"wooster"


Correction: "Woosta"

And they say us southerners talk funny!

I think y'all talk funny!



I always heard it pronounced "Wuuusta" and "Wista."
Massachusetts is full of fun place names, like, oh, Haverhill.
I have some cousins that grew up in towns on Boston's North Shore, and
it is always a grin to talk to them because of their pronunciation
differences and their vocabularies full of unique local words.


Apparently MA dialog, vocabulary and pronunciation is unique to MA .. or
at least was in the past. I remember when we moved from MA to CT
the kids in my classes used to think it was hilarious when I spoke.

Maine is close to MA in terms of some words and expressions but someone
from MA would never confuse someone from Maine as being from MA.

I don't think regional accents or the uniqueness of a "Boston" accent is
as prevalent anymore. We are all sorta morphing into the same
throughout the USA.

On 4/23/15 12:37 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 4/23/2015 12:06 PM, Keyser Söze wrote:
On 4/23/15 12:01 PM, True North wrote:
On Thursday, 23 April 2015 09:50:18 UTC-3, wrote:
On Thursday, April 23, 2015 at 6:15:44 AM UTC-4, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 4/23/2015 3:49 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 4/22/2015 9:11 PM, wrote:
On Wednesday, April 22, 2015 at 4:24:35 PM UTC-4, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 4/22/2015 4:18 PM, wrote:
On Wednesday, April 22, 2015 at 2:58:24 PM UTC-4, Mr. Luddite
wrote:

Back when I had boats in Scituate, MA the town had a fairly new
Whaler
set up as one of the Harbormaster's patrol boats. Over the
course
of a
couple of years it sat lower in the water and was losing top
speed.
They hauled it, drilled a hole in the hull and water drained
out of it
for days. I think they contacted Boston Whaler about it but I
don't
know what the outcome was.

How do the locals pronouce "Scituate"?



It's fun to listen to some of the national news outlets or
visitors to
MA try to pronounce "Worcester" correctly.

Up here, it's a two syllable word.

Thanks, I was seriously interested. There are some town names all
over the country that are pronounced a bit strange except for the
locals.

I'm guessing Worcester is pronounced worsh-ster.



"wooster"


Correction: "Woosta"

And they say us southerners talk funny!

I think y'all talk funny!



I always heard it pronounced "Wuuusta" and "Wista."
Massachusetts is full of fun place names, like, oh, Haverhill.
I have some cousins that grew up in towns on Boston's North Shore, and
it is always a grin to talk to them because of their pronunciation
differences and their vocabularies full of unique local words.


Apparently MA dialog, vocabulary and pronunciation is unique to MA .. or
at least was in the past. I remember when we moved from MA to CT
the kids in my classes used to think it was hilarious when I spoke.

Maine is close to MA in terms of some words and expressions but someone
from MA would never confuse someone from Maine as being from MA.

I don't think regional accents or the uniqueness of a "Boston" accent is
as prevalent anymore. We are all sorta morphing into the same
throughout the USA.




My first two weeks in Kansas were hilarious. The Kansans I encountered
were smart but...they spoke a lot more slowly than this Yankee, and I
had some troubles concentrating on and remembering the topics of their
sentences. They all thought I spoke much too fast.

On Thu, 23 Apr 2015 12:06:08 -0400, Keyser Söze
wrote:

I have some cousins that grew up in towns on Boston's North Shore, and
it is always a grin to talk to them because of their pronunciation
differences and their vocabularies full of unique local words.

===

Do you make fun of them because of their non-standard english?

On Thursday, April 23, 2015 at 12:01:44 PM UTC-4, True North wrote:
On Thursday, 23 April 2015 09:50:18 UTC-3, wrote:
On Thursday, April 23, 2015 at 6:15:44 AM UTC-4, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 4/23/2015 3:49 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 4/22/2015 9:11 PM, wrote:
On Wednesday, April 22, 2015 at 4:24:35 PM UTC-4, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 4/22/2015 4:18 PM, wrote:
On Wednesday, April 22, 2015 at 2:58:24 PM UTC-4, Mr. Luddite wrote:

Back when I had boats in Scituate, MA the town had a fairly new
Whaler
set up as one of the Harbormaster's patrol boats. Over the course
of a
couple of years it sat lower in the water and was losing top speed.
They hauled it, drilled a hole in the hull and water drained out of it
for days. I think they contacted Boston Whaler about it but I don't
know what the outcome was.

How do the locals pronouce "Scituate"?



It's fun to listen to some of the national news outlets or visitors to
MA try to pronounce "Worcester" correctly.

Up here, it's a two syllable word.

Thanks, I was seriously interested. There are some town names all
over the country that are pronounced a bit strange except for the locals.

I'm guessing Worcester is pronounced worsh-ster.



"wooster"


Correction: "Woosta"

And they say us southerners talk funny!

I think y'all talk funny!

Heh. The word "about" is not pronounced a-boot, and everything does not end in "eh?".

Mr. Luddite
On 4/23/2015 12:06 PM, Keyser Söze wrote:
- show quoted text -
"Apparently MA dialog, vocabulary and pronunciation is unique to MA .. or
at least was in the past. *I remember when we moved from MA to CT
the kids in my classes used to think it was hilarious when I spoke.

Maine is close to MA in terms of some words and expressions but someone
from MA would never confuse someone from Maine as being from MA.

I don't think regional accents or the uniqueness of a "Boston" accent is
as prevalent anymore. *We are all sorta morphing into the same
throughout the USA."


Used to get a kick out of the Pantano kids from Braintree when they made their yearly summer vacation trip to our neighborhood to visit their maternal grandmother. To us guys though, anything Vicki said was exotic and we hung on every word.