Zombie
Totally unrelated to baseball - I think it's hysterical that scary Rob Zombie was born and raised in Haverhill, Mass.
posted by Kim @ 10:55 PM
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Witch City Sox Girl (Now in Somerville)
A Kooky Red Sox Blog from Somewhere Near the Schraff's Building
Friday, June 16, 2006
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Did I give you permission to run my pic?
Peter - that was pretty clever.
And at the other end of the spectrum, Haverhill is proud to claim Tom Bergeron as one of its own, too.
No kidding? Famous host of Hollywood Squares? I would pay good cash to see the two of them talking it up about their favorite ice cream joints in Haverill.
I kid you not. And how could I forget Haverhill's favorite son? Northeastern alum & former Tigers first round draft choice...Carlos Pena!
Favorite ice cream joints in H-town? That's easy: Carter's on Salem St. and England's Microcreamery in scenic downtown.
Other famous Merrimack Valley-ites: Betty Davis, Ed McMahon (Lowell), Leonard Bernstein, Robert Frost (Lawrence), Jay Leno (Andover). Beth at "Cursed to First" already pointed out Tom Glavine (Billerica)
Wow, and I always thought it was ANdova.
It is!It's "Andovah", "Hayvrill", "Chumsfud" & as Beth writes it: "B'ricka".
Then there's "Luhminstuh" "Feechborg" & "Glawstuh" & "Wistah"
(Translation for non-Bostonians: Andover, Haverhill, Chelmsford, Billerica, Leominster, Fitchburg, Gloucester, Worcester)
That made me thirsty, now I need a tawnic.
Don't forget New Bedfid, Dahtmith, Feh Haven, Fall Rivah, and Summahset (New Bedford, Dartmouth, Fair Haven, Fall River and Somerset). The great southeast of the Commonwealth.
We forgot "Mehfuh" "Danviz" "Summahville" (Medford, Danvers, Somerville)
And how could we overlook Somerset's native son....Jerry Remy!
Correction- it is Wistah if you are from arouns Bahston,
but if you are from there, you know it is really Woostah...
Remember the old addage: I'm going to Woostah to buy a toastah?
I didn't grow up in these parts. I grew up in "K'vaaanst'n Ro-Dilen"
(Cranston, RI). Cross Boston with Brooklyn & you'll have an idea of how that sounds. *shuddering*
I had to learn how to talk all over again when I moved up here. Nobody freakin understood me.
Oh, I am more than familiar with it. I grew up in Nueu Beige. The cut off point for the hybrid accent. Remy has it and Somerset is only a 20 minute drive from my mother's house. Southeastern Mass - home of coffee milk, linguica, and bubblahs (drinking fountains)!
You ever notice how the Brooklyn part of the RI accent goes away once you hit CT, but then picks up again? Wacko!
LOL @ "Nueu Beige" - haven't heard that in a long time. Ditto bubblahs & coffee milk.
I might have to pick a fight with you about claiming the coffee milk though. It's the "official drink of Rhode Island." Seriously: http://www.quahog.org/factsfolklore/index.php?id=56
I lived on that stuff as a kid, and still remember the slogan "You'll smack your lips when it's Eclipse!"
That particular accent is only heard if your family is from "Da Hill" but moved up in the world to Kvanston.
I always crack up when I hear Remy do a promo spot for the Hood's charities. That whole "fifteen hun'id dollahs" thing.
Thanks for the trip down Memory Lane!
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