Do you speak MA-style?

[CaseyB]

Originally Posted by thenewtexan

Worcester-Boston-Providence. Wow, how did they do that? I grew up ten minutes south or Worcester, and about 45 minutes from Boston and Providence. They got me on the bubbler answer.

Yeah, "bubbler" is a dead give-away.

[johngolf]

Originally Posted by johngolf

One has to take the test answering as they grew up. Words I used back then bubbler, sneakers, supper, rubbernecking, tonic, rotary are not words I use now. It did peg me as Boston, Worcester, Providence which is correct. I was raised in Waltham and as an adult I lived in Andover so they got that right.

I lived most of my life elsewhere (Chicago, NYC, OH, CA, SC) and I have lived in SC for the last 12 years, I would have answered some questions different, like the above ones, but I went with what I knew as a young person. My daughter (Marlboro MA) says dungarees for jeans. That is what we called them as kids. Also a Frappe was what we called a Milk Shake.

I will have my wife take the test. She is a Native SCer but educated and lived elsewhere including Chicago and Boston.

UPDATE:

My wife took the test. A bit about her. Born, raised, and a BS in Nursing from Univ of South Carolina. Worked her as a Nurse in SC, then on to Univ of CA at Berkley for Advanced Degrees, then back to SC for a few years as a Public Health Department Manager, then on to Boston for a Masters Degree in Maternal and Child Health from Boston Univ then on to OH and Chicago for 15 years or so then back to MA. She retired as upper manager from the State (Commonwealth) of MA and we retired to SC.

The test showed her from Boston and Mobile AL. We had a giggle about that but when push came to shove, the test was probably right. She is a real hybrid Yankee and Southerner. I was surprised she called them sneakers but then she did ask me WTF is a bubbler....LOL

[xo_kizzy_xo]

Originally Posted by johngolf

One has to take the test answering as they grew up. Words I used back then bubbler, sneakers, supper, rubbernecking, tonic, rotary are not words I use now. It did peg me as Boston, Worcester, Providence which is correct. I was raised in Waltham and as an adult I lived in Andover so they got that right.

Same here. Heck, I still use all those words except for tonic. Born and bred Bostonian

[brienzi]

A true person from MA or in certain parts of NE will fail that test every time. If your born and raised here there is no way you can fake that accent with certain words.. I remember traveling through SC many years ago and pulled over for a coffee. I told the server i wanted 2 sugaas with my coffee, and it took me three times to get my meaning across..

[BitofEndearment]

I did this back went it was going viral. And I indeed got Boston-Worcester-Providence. I guess it's a combination of accent and lingo. Living in California for 2 years, I'm STILL learning new words once in a while that I didn't know were not universal.

The most recent word I had this experience with was last week. Apparently a "hummer" to people in LA is only the car. haha.