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we can't speak an "r" if our life depends on it
runner is runna
The Boston accent drops the R's but saves them up to be reused in another totally inappropriate place.

Being a native of the Boston metro area (Lexington actually. You know, Minutemen and all that...) I must inquire:

Inappropriate ahs?? Wheya?
we can't speak an "r" if our life depends on it
runner is runna
humm, ya, well...

Boston accent drops the R's but saves them up to be reused in another totally inappropriate place.

A Bawstin Lexicon

ah -- The letter between "q" an "s."

ahdery -- Runs through the middle of the city. Ahftah foah o’clock, it’s clogged with cahs .

ahnt -- Sistah of your fathah or muthah. Also: are not

bah -- Serves beah and hahd likkah: The train to Noo Yok has a bah cah.

bayah -- Ferocious brown or black animal.

beah -- Malt beverage; e.g., Gansett.

bon -- As in: Where were you bon? I was bon in J.P.

Bawstin cream pie -- A frosted layah cake.

Broons -- Professional hockey team, named after bayahs.

Buljah -- President of the state Senate. Likes the guvnah; does not like Howie Cah.

bzah -- Strange, odd: The Stuart case was bzah.

cahdnal -- Oversees the Ahchdiasis of Bawstin. If speaker is over 50, refers to Richard Cushing.

Chahlie -- He may ride forever ‘neath the streets of Bawstin. Last seen rumblin’ through Leechmeah; now needs 80 cents to get off thtrain.

Chahlz -- The rivah; take the MTA across.

chowdah -- Clams, milk, buttah Only a Noo Yokka (e.g., a chowdahead) puts tomatoes in it.

con -- Stahchy veggie that comes on a cob. ‘The Pilgrims stole the Indians’ seed con to get through the wintah of 1621.

connah -- Where streets intersect; e.g., Fields, Uphams.

Dappab -- The city councilah most likely to drop by at your wake.

Dot -- Short for Dotchesta. Mahky Mahk, the rappah, grew up neah Dot Ave.

Emeffay -- The Museum of Fine Ahts.

Evacuation Day -- When the redcoats left. Same date as St. Patrick’s Day; a legal holiday if you work in City Hall

fah -- Not neah heah: Chiner is fah from Needum.

fayah -- What life is not.

fok -- What you eat pahster with.

frappe -- Milk, ice cream, and syrup mixed together. Take out the ice cream, and it’s a milkshake.

fyah -- Blaze: The Great Fya of 1872 reduced a lahge paht of Bawstin to cindahs.

gahbidge -- What they used to dump in the hahbah.

Gahden -- What they’re tearing down this yeah.

guvnah -- Chief exeeutive of the commonwealth.

hahbah -- What the Sonsalibidy dumped the tea into in 1773. To find it, walk east until your hat floats.

hahlakwin -- A blend of vanilla, chocolate, and strawberry ice cream, served at pahties.

Hahnsbagah -- Attorney general; the man who would be guvoals.

Hahvid -- Country day school across the rivak The guvnah went there. So did Hahshbagah. Not the mayah, though.

hahf-ahst -- Done without regard to detail

heah -- Done with the eaha Listen, my children, and you shall heah Of the midnight ride of Paul Reveah. Also: not thayah

hoss -- Equine quadruped. Runs at Suffick.

Howahya -- How are you?

Ianeah -- Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary.

khakis -- What you staht the cah with.

mayah -- Chief executive of the city. Used to be Irish, before the Irish moved to Milton. James Michael Curley was the mayah of the pooah.

Mutberagawd! -- Favorite expletive of a fawmah mayah.

nawtheasta -- A multiday stawm that blows in from the wotta. In February, a blizzid.

NINA -- No Irish Need Apply. Employment signs remembered bitterly by third-generation Irish who never saw one.

Noo Yok -- Sinkhole of America, 240 miles south of Tremont Street.

Oah -- Greatest Broon evah. Woah Numba Foah. Also: what the Hahvid crew rows with.

owah -- Sixty minutes. Also belonging to us.

pahk -- Can’t do it in Hahvid Yalhd. Not downtown, eitha. Maybe in Glosta.

pahkah -- One who pahks a cah.

pahker -- What you wayah in the winta.

pahlah -- Where the sofer is.

Pahselz -- Former coach of the professional football team neah Patuckit; Moah popula than the guvnah - this yeah.

pahster -- Spaghetti, ziti, etc., served with veal pahm.

paht -- Neighborhood of the city: What paht of Bawstin are you from? Dot? Rozzie? Eastie?

pahty -- A social gathering. Also: Democratic or Republican.

pastah -- The rectah of a parish, like St. Mahgrit's or Sacred Haht.

pickchas -- Canvases by Sahjent et al. hanging in the Emeffay

pitchas -- They throw fast-balls at Fenway.

retahded -- Silly: Making Nancy Kerrigan wear her Olympic medal at Disney World wasn’t just "corny"; it was retahded .

Rawjah -- He throws the fastest fastballs at Fenway.

Reveah -- He rode through Ahlington on a hoss, shouting: "To ahms!" Lived in the Nawth End. Also: the city just above Bawstin on the wotta

shua -- Of course.

Seltz -- Local professional basketball team. Plays on a pahkay floah at the Gahden.

shot -- Not tall. The mayah is shot.

squayah -- Intersection with a bus stop, a smoke shop, and a Brigham’s; e.g., Cleary, Oak, Maverick, Codman.

speeka -- Tip O’Neill, back when the Democrats ran things. Now refers to Chahlie Flaherty up the State House. Mistahspeeka, to you.

Sistah -- (variant) I know the ansah, Sistah Mary of the Immaculate Conception. Call on me.

tamorrah -- The day aftah today.

tonic -- Coke, Sprite, etc. Not to be confused with tonic wotta, which goes with gin.

waw -- An ahmed conflict As in: "If they meanto have a waw, let it begin heah."

wof -- A peeah, jutting into the hahbah; e.g., Rowes, India, Long.

wottah -- A blend of hydrogen and oxygen. Also: a street next to Milk.

Yankee -- Descendant of the folks who stole the Indians’ seed con.

yeah -- A 365-day period: The Red Sox always make us wait until the next one.

 
Most excellent recitation.

Most seem pretty accurate, too.

But I don't see any r's added in inappropriate places, anywhere. ;)

FWIW, Bostonians have proven for, what? the past 200 yeahs? that the letter ah ® is completely unnecessary.

What do we gain from including it?

Imagine how much cheaper everything would be if we eliminated R's from the world... :blink:

 
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Being a native of the Boston metro area (Lexington actually. You know, Minutemen and all that...) I must inquire:
Inappropriate ahs?? Wheya?
Cuber: Island nation South of Florida.

Huh? :blink: I think I know where you are going with this.

. But if you listen closely you'll find that he is actually saying "Cubah" not "Cuber".



 
A very good offerin', but I'd like to proofread a few commnts; I submit my creds as bein': bon in St. Alizbith's in Brightin', grew up in the same naybahood until ahmost 30, and lived at home like a good Irishmn's son; and then moved to West Roxbry for yeahs afta. Spent a hellish winta outside 128 in Nuh Hampsha once; lived in Ahlingtn for a yeah uh two with my girl (there is an r in girl) bafoah movin' ta Conneticut. Johnny Galvin is my cousin; Billie is his brotha, but the family doesn'like him. Ya gutta know we swallow "e's" and "a's" in places too. Sum o' tha terms are old too.

A Bawstin Lexicon

ah -- The letter between "q" an "s."

ahdery -- Runs through the middle of the city. Ahftah foah o’clock, it’s clogged with cahs .

ahnt -- Sistah of your fathah or muthah. Also: are not

bah -- Serves beah and hahd likkah: The train to Noo Yok has a bah cah.

bayah -- Ferocious brown or black animal. Also: The babe was bayah nakid.

beah -- Malt beverage; e.g., Nara Gansett.

bon -- As in: Where were you bon? I was bon in J.P. [AKA Jamaica Spain when I was grow'n' up, but I heah it's preppie now.]

Bawstin cream pie -- A frosted layah cake. The real deal has real cream in between the layuhs and choclit icing. None uh that sugah crap on top.

Broons -- Professional hockey team, named after bayahs. Bobby Oah is a frikin' saint. Tony Esposito was a good WOP.

Buljah -- President of the state Senate. Likes the guvnah; does not like Howie Cah. I met Billy once in the garage at St. Alizbith's when I was workin security. Man weahs $2000 suits. His brotha Whitey is on the FBI most wahnt'd list.

bzah -- Strange, odd: The Stuart case was bzah. I'd persunully edit as buzzah.

cahdnal -- Oversees the Ahchdiasis of Bawstin. If speaker is over 50, refers to Richard Cushing. I worked fuh tha archdiasis fuh 9 yeahs, and Cushing was almost as big as Bobby Oah. Even dead.

Chahlie -- He may ride forever ‘neath the streets of Bawstin. Last seen rumblin’ through Leechmeah; now needs 80 cents to get off thtrain the T.

Chahlz -- The rivah; take the MTA across. Ovah by Hahvid and whea the Head o' the Chahlz races ahh dun.

chowdah -- Clams, milk, buttah Only a Noo Yokka (e.g., a chowdahead) puts tomatoes in it. Sahlt Pok o' bakin' ken be substituted foah buttah.

con -- Stahchy veggie that comes on a cob. ‘The Pilgrims stole the Indians’ seed con to get through the wintah of 1621. Also a derivation: That was a conny joke.

connah -- Where streets intersect; e.g., Fields, Uphams.

Dappab -- The city councilah most likely to drop by at your wake.

Dot -- Short for Dotchesta. Mahky Mahk, the rappah, grew up neah Dot Ave.

Emeffay -- The Museum of Fine Ahts. On the Green Line of the T. Across frum Notheastin U.

Evacuation Day -- When the redcoats left. Same date as St. Patrick’s Day; a legal holiday if you work in City Hall

fah -- Not neah heah: Chiner is fah from Needum. I always said Chinuh with a really shot "a" on the end.

fayah -- What life is not.

fok -- What you eat pahsteruh with.

frappe -- Milk, ice cream, and syrup mixed together. Take out the ice cream, and it’s a milkshake. Absolutely. So few get this right. I had a summah job at a Brighams. Razzbrry Lime Ricky is good too (Razzbrry syrup, a wedge 'o lime and soda wahta; stir as ya paw the soda watah.) Also try a black and white: Choclit syrup, vanilla ice cream an' milk -- good frappe!

fyah -- Blaze: The Great Fya of 1872 reduced a lahge paht of Bawstin to cindahs.

gahbidge -- What they used to dump in the hahbah.

Gahden -- What they’re tearing down this yeah.

guvnah -- Chief exeeutive of the commonwealth.

hahbah -- What the Sonsalibidy dumped the tea into in 1773. To find it, walk east until your hat floats.

hahlakwin -- A blend of vanilla, chocolate, and strawberry ice cream, served at pahties.

Hahnsbagah -- Attorney general; the man who would be guvoals.

Hahvid -- Country day school across the rivak The guvnah went there. So did Hahshbagah. Not the mayah, though. Next to MIT where the brains go.

hahf-ahst -- Done without regard to detail

heah -- Done with the eaha Listen, my children, and you shall heah Of the midnight ride of Paul Reveah. Also: not thayah

hoss -- Equine quadruped. Runs at Suffick.

Howahya -- How are you?

Ianeah -- Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary. Next to Mass Genril hospitil.

khakis -- What you staht the cah with.

mayah -- Chief executive of the city. Used to be Irish, before the Irish moved to Milton. James Michael Curley was the mayah of the pooah, and re-elected from jail. Honey Fitz was a good mayah too.

Mutberagawd! -- Favorite expletive of a fawmah mayah.

nawtheasta -- A multiday stawm that blows in from the wotta. In February, a blizzid.

NINA -- No Irish Need Apply. Employment signs remembered bitterly by third-generation Irish who never saw one. And they hate the Brahmins to this day.

Noo Yok -- Sinkhole of America, 240 miles south of Tremont Street. Yankee fans are the hoss' asses of the sink hole.

Oah -- Greatest Broon evah. Woah Numba Foah. Also: what the Hahvid crew rows with.

owah -- Sixty minutes. Also belonging to us.

pahk -- Can’t do it in Hahvid Yahd. Not downtown, eitha. Maybe in Glosta.

pahkah -- One who pahks a cah. Also what ya wayah in the winta

pahker -- What you wayah in the winta.

pahlah -- Where the sofer is. Not weah I grew up...sofa.

Pahselz -- Former coach of the professional football team neah Patuckit; Moah popula than the guvnah - this yeah. Moved on to coach Na Jersey, traitah -- too damn close to Na Yok.

pahster -- Spaghetti, ziti, etc., served with veal pahm.

paht -- Neighborhood of the city: What paht of Bawstin are you from? Dot? Rozzie? Eastie?

pahty -- A social gathering. Also: Democratic or Republican.

pastah -- The rectah of a parish, like St. Mahgrit's or Sacred Haht.

Pahstah is subtley diffrent -- it's the noodle stuff ya eat. Nobody I know puts an "r" on the end of anything... New Yokkahs do that -- sheesh

pickchas -- Canvases by Sahjent et al. hanging in the Emeffay

pitchas -- They throw fast-balls at Fenway.

retahded -- Silly: Making Nancy Kerrigan wear her Olympic medal at Disney World wasn’t just "corny"; it was retahded .

Rawjah -- He throws the fastest fastballs at Fenway. Till he became a damn Yankee! :angry2:

Reveah -- He rode through Ahlington on a hoss, shouting: "To ahms!" Lived in the Nawth End. Also: the city just above Bawstin on the wotta

shua -- Of course.

Seltz -- Local professional basketball team. Plays on a pahkay floah at the Gahden.

shot -- Not tall. The mayah is shot.

squayah -- Intersection with a bus stop, a smoke shop, and a Brigham’s; e.g., Cleary, Oak, Maverick, Codman , Scully.

speeka -- Tip O’Neill, back when the Irish Democrats ran things. Now refers to Chahlie Flaherty up the State House. Mistahspeeka, to you.

Sistah -- (variant) I know the ansah, Sistah Mary of the Immaculate Conception. Call on me. Twelve yeahs of nuns, I had, The plural is siss, with a drawn out s at tha end.

tamorrah -- The day aftah today.

tonic -- Coke, Sprite, etc. Not to be confused with tonic wotta, which goes with gin.

waw -- An ahmed conflict As in: "If they meanto have a waw, let it begin heah."

wof -- A peeah, jutting into the hahbah; e.g., Rowes, India, Long.

wottah -- A blend of hydrogen and oxygen. Also: a street next to Milk.

Yankee -- Descendant of the folks who stole the Indians’ seed con.

yeah -- A 365-day period: The Red Sox always make us wait until the next one.
 
I wanted to make a BLT. Do you have any tomartoes in Boston?

You say tomartoes, I say throat warbler mangrove. :rolleyes:
Smaht ass! We don't add ah's to words. The New Yokkahs do that... <_<

Being a native of the Boston metro area (Lexington actually. You know, Minutemen and all that...) I must inquire:
Inappropriate ahs?? Wheya?
Cuber: Island nation South of Florida.

Huh? :blink: I think I know where you are going with this.


Damn right Fred! He talked too fast for some to understand...

 
I wanted to make a BLT. Do you have any tomartoes in Boston?

OK, I think I know what you're referring to now. But it's pronounced "to-mah-toes" Just like bahth (a tub full of watah).

But that little peculiarity is only used by the true blue bloods, the Boston Brahmins. These are the upper crust that claim they descended from the Pilgrims. Most Bostonians just pronounce those words as "To-may-tahs" and bath. Many outsidahs don't realize that there are actually sub-dialects that identify which neighbahood you grew up in.

nah, but I hayve sum chowda...
Damn straight! We've got some wicked good chowda around heeyah.

And just fuh the reck-ed, there ain't no friggen tomaytahs in chowda!!

ǝʇsɐd puɐ ʎdoɔ 'sʎɐs sɥʇ ʇɐɥʍ ʇno ǝɹnƃIɟ oʇ ɥƃnouǝ ʇɹɐɯs ǝɹɐ noʎ ɟI

¿ʍou ʇɐɥʍ os ˙ǝʞıɯ 'ʎsɐǝ sɐʍ ǝʇsɐd puɐ ʇnɔ

 
It's not who rides the furthest in a day, but rather in a lifetime.
Bullshit!

Regardless of your above incorrect statement, glad to hear you are almost there Mike! And for a pretty reasonable sum of $$$, too.

Looking forward to your ride report later today.

 
Isabella lives and is back home to her perch...the Pelican State Phoenix has arisen

Damn, though, the new engine is a ticker <just kiddin'>

I did some stoppies in front of the house and rode Isabella into the garage on a wheelie <just kiddin' again>

This weekend is a free Blue Knights rider and safety course about 45 miles away in Gonzales, LA at the Cabella's parking lot

I think I need to attend, but ride carefully to get there...haven't been in the saddle since end of July.

Here she is just off the trailer...all the plastic is in the garage ready for install:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/mholiver/sets...57622784850189/

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engine grenaded on July 28th

103k miles and CCT failure destroyed head

found ebay engine...'05 with 10k miles on totaled bike...forks crunched, but engine good to go - total cost $648

Graves Cycle Repair in Tylertown, MS has done almost 100 engine swaps with success - left it there 6 weeks ago - called me they were finished Tue

$978 total -> $600 for engine swap labor, extra $300 for labor (all items/parts provided by me) new tires and alum racing stems, new used stock shock, new fork springs, lube all pivots and spline, new steering and wheel bearings

I'm on the road again:

:yahoo: :clapping: :yahoo: :clapping: :yahoo: :clapping: :yahoo:

 
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Patriot,

Wow and Congratulations! I am soo excited for you...what a great job.

All the Best with many Happy Miles.

 
Thanx to all my FJR peeps for your kind words and encouragement...

paraphrasing Jackie Gleason at the end of all his variety shows: 'The Miami Beach audience is the greatest audience in the world! "

"Feej riders are the greatest bunch of folks in the world"

I want to especially acknowledge a few special names:

MDisher aka Renegade contributed a prize he won at EOM for my bike

Zorkler basically let me steal his low mileage stock shock which is now installed on my bike

Warchild arranged/coordinated a suspension group buy and I had a set of new fork springs sent to Isabella's shop; they are installed

Ionbeam da Alan, member of our illustrious club allowed me to get personal consultations when the 1st bad symptoms showed their ugly head

and Howie da Steve...well Howie's just Howie...also kept in touch on my situation as we went through this trauma together...he actually lost sleep over my misfortune and may have heard the atomic shock wave from my state to his west

again, my heart is lifted, more because of you people and your care and character toward many, many here

but the support and encouragement to keep on keeping on getting Isabella back on the road is greatly appreciated.

Down since July 28th, now I can ride and cut back on my meds...riding literally is therapy ya know... :yahoo:

OK, enuf of this sappy crap, let's just ride... :clapping:

Feels good, don't it Mike? :yahoo:
friggin' damn rite, Steve :yahoo:

 
Thanx to all my FJR peeps for your kind words and encouragement...paraphrasing Jackie Gleason at the end of all his variety shows: 'The Miami Beach audience is the greatest audience in the world! "

"Feej riders are the greatest bunch of folks in the world"

I want to especially acknowledge a few special names:

MDisher aka Renegade contributed a prize he won at EOM for my bike

Zorkler basically let me steal his low mileage stock shock which is now installed on my bike

Warchild arranged/coordinated a suspension group buy and I had a set of new fork springs sent to Isabella's shop; they are installed

Ionbeam da Alan, member of our illustrious club allowed me to get personal consultations when the 1st bad symptoms showed their ugly head

and Howie da Steve...well Howie's just Howie...also kept in touch on my situation as we went through this trauma together...he actually lost sleep over my misfortune and may have heard the atomic shock wave from my state to his west

again, my heart is lifted, more because of you people and your care and character toward many, many here

but the support and encouragement to keep on keeping on getting Isabella back on the road is greatly appreciated.

Down since July 28th, now I can ride and cut back on my meds...riding literally is therapy ya know... :yahoo:

OK, enuf of this sappy crap, let's just ride... :clapping:

Feels good, don't it Mike? :yahoo:
friggin' damn rite, Steve :yahoo:
So very cool. The main reason I stay on this board - good peeps getting help and pooped on, appropriately.

 
:yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo:

Congratulations, Mike!

Just take it easy for the first couple of rides. Your brain may be "in gear" but your muscle memory will likely be slow. It's in there....just give it time.

And enjoy yourself!

 
:yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: Congratulations, Mike!

Just take it easy for the first couple of rides. Your brain may be "in gear" but your muscle memory will likely be slow. It's in there....just give it time.

And enjoy yourself!
Thanx...and on brand new tires, etc etc etc...there's actually a free Blue Knights sponsored free Intermediate Riders/Safety Class this Saturday about 35 miles north of me on I-10. Hope to attend.

 
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