It is not only Massachusetts that pronounces their town names strangely. I live close to Kittery, Maine. Beleive it or not it is, locally, Kittr'y! As in "I'm goin'ta Kittr'y" Yes, things are slower than cold molasses running up in in January! Many folk from away, (tha't MA and NY) call antoehr town Sayco, it si really Sawco (Saco. Maine) ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, December 11, 2006 4:11 PM Subject: [MASUFFOL] Descriptive Language > There is a great nostalgia on my part for the wonderful and colorful > expressions used by my great aunts and uncles while growing up in Maine - > maybe these > will jog memories of a few others. > > Bless My Stars and Garters (aka bless my stahs and gahtahs) which I guess > denoted astonishment > > Leanin Toward Sawyers (Sawyahs) > > smells worse than clams at low tide > > busier than a cat on a marble floor > > slower than cold molasses going up a hill in January > > So- whether we natives pronounce Worcester as Woostah, Gloucester as > Glostah, > Havehill as Hava-ill- or make sure that all one sylabble words become two > (e.g., four becomes fo-ah), celebrate the differences! Ten to one- the > expression "Goucester/Manchester by the smell" was originated with the > natives- we do > have a sense of humor about ourselves! > > J. > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message
The Kittr'y reminds me of how my father-in-law always pronounce battery. He came from Maine and pronounced it battr'y. :-) Pat ----- Original Message ----- From: "donsylvester" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, December 11, 2006 7:41 PM Subject: Re: [MASUFFOL] Descriptive Language > It is not only Massachusetts that pronounces their town names strangely. I > live close to Kittery, Maine. Beleive it or not it is, locally, Kittr'y! As > in "I'm goin'ta Kittr'y" > > Yes, things are slower than cold molasses running up in in January! > > Many folk from away, (tha't MA and NY) call antoehr town Sayco, it si really > Sawco (Saco. Maine) > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, December 11, 2006 4:11 PM > Subject: [MASUFFOL] Descriptive Language > > > > There is a great nostalgia on my part for the wonderful and colorful > > expressions used by my great aunts and uncles while growing up in Maine - > > maybe these > > will jog memories of a few others. > > > > Bless My Stars and Garters (aka bless my stahs and gahtahs) which I guess > > denoted astonishment > > > > Leanin Toward Sawyers (Sawyahs) > > > > smells worse than clams at low tide > > > > busier than a cat on a marble floor > > > > slower than cold molasses going up a hill in January > > > > So- whether we natives pronounce Worcester as Woostah, Gloucester as > > Glostah, > > Havehill as Hava-ill- or make sure that all one sylabble words become two > > (e.g., four becomes fo-ah), celebrate the differences! Ten to one- the > > expression "Goucester/Manchester by the smell" was originated with the > > natives- we do > > have a sense of humor about ourselves! > > > > J. > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message