Am I a genuine Boston person? (live, shop, foods)

[meltinjohn]

Ok I'll start off with how I live day to day. I was reading a New England stereotype thread but here, I'll just ask y'all.

I can be friendly, but I don't like abrasive people.

I'd rather someone come up to me and speak rather than holler long distances.

If I have a shopping cart and if you dont move, I have the mindset like " I will run you over or get totally in your way and it is your fault in a sense because you arent paying attention either" .

I am honest, yet private about many things.

I have a Boston accent although not extremely strong like some peoples, and have been told I seem like a hipster or I seem like I would be part of this socialist group that gathered around Boston years ago and they typically had thick black frame glasses like I do.

I desire city life over suburbs.

I am willing to experience many different cultural foods and do like to travel if I have the money to.

I save my money and pick cans.

Where do I stand based on what I told y'all?

[ogre]

Well, you said "y'all" twice in your post. Don't see how it's possible, then, that you could be a real Boston person.

Now, aside from that obvious disqualifier, your description gives me a picture of someone who might be a bit more outgoing than the stereotype, but who basically fits more of a realistic picture of a typical Bostonian, with an individual twist. I wouldn't expect each individual to be exactly the same anywhere, and generally you seem to like your privacy enough and personal space (the grocery cart thing), despite being friendly plenty of the time, so you fit the general picture pretty well.

[meltinjohn]

Ogre, I would say it all fits. I say yous or y'all whichever one.
Oh, I also forgot to add that I say gooday often times when saying how you doing or good morning.

[Dwatted Wabbit]

Y'all use means you ain't no Bostonian.
Aaaaayyup!

[ogre]

Hmmm, y'all and g'day. You must be from SOUTH Australia. Or maybe you lived there in a previous life.

[ThinkingThinking]

I didn't use y'all until I spent time in the south, and I must say that it's a great word. The English language lacks a word for "all of you", and y'all fits that niche nicely.

The Beastie Boys use "y'all" and they're nice Jewish boys from Brooklyn.

[ogre]

No problem here with "y'all." I love accents of all sorts, besides which my family roots are in the South. However, the neizzh Joohwish buheey Beastie Boys notwithstanding, I just don't quite think of "y'all" as an expression strongly associated with the Northeast. But the responses on this thread are all in good fun anyway, so y'all take care now, y' hear?

[AandD]

Well, I can tell you, as a non-native who gets a TON OF FLACK for her southern accent and consistent stress on the first syllable of a word, that anytime I say "y'all" the immediate response I get is "where are you from?"

It has been rather amusing to learn that apparently I moved to a street that I cannot pronounce. I say "suf-Folk", and EVERY SINGLE TIME, I have to SPELL it for whomever I'm talking to because they have no idea I'm saying suffo-lk.