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A chuckle from the Boston FB marketplace…

10 months ago

Since I let DD take her nice, West Elm nightstands when she moved, I’ve been scouring FBM for a couple of nightstands for my new ”guest room.” Came upon this and had to laugh at the spelling.

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Jilly
10 months ago
I can hear it in my head. 😄

I so love Boston!
Funkyart
10 months ago
Lol.. that's a wicked old dressa!
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rubyclaire
10 months ago
Too funny!
nicole___
10 months ago
If it's spelled wrong do you get a discount? 😂 On Ebay if it's spelled wrong...no one can find it in a search...and your the only one that bids.
teeda
10 months ago
Lol, perfect.
Eileen
10 months ago
My family lives on Cape Cod and we visited every summer. When my son was a toddler, he was fussing in a store. A policeman was in the store and had to ask me three times "Is he ti-ed?" before I got what he was saying. My initial thought was "No, but I'm gonna tie him up if he doesn't stop."
jakabedy
10 months ago
In the South that would be a Chester Draws.
Fun2BHere
10 months ago
😄
Kswl
10 months ago
Or a chiffarobe, which sounds weird even when you pronounce it correctly.
pat1250
10 months ago
😃😆😂thanks y’all
hhireno
10 months ago
My Mum‘s name is Claire and she grew up in Boston, but moved away as a married adult. When her childhood bff wrote her letters, they always began “Dear Clay-uh”.

Of course I never noticed she had an accent but once she gave a ride home to my Jr High friend (maybe 15 years after leaving Boston?). The next day in school the friend asked “why does your mother talk like that?” I don’t remember her saying anything besides Hello and where do you live. Had she used the words car, park, or old dressa? 😆
Sueb20
Original Author
10 months ago
I grew up in CT, where people speak correctly. DH grew up in Boston. When we were first dating, and he was introducing me to friends, I heard so many of their names incorrectly. For instance, a friend with the last name Palma…for a very long time, I thought it was Palmer and that DH was just dropping the R.
Arapaho-Rd
10 months ago
That gave me a good laugh, Sue : )

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