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If you see only one trailer for a Boston movie this year

By adamg on Fri, 01/22/2016 - 9:32am

Boston Accent Trailer - Late Night with Seth Meyers

But wouldn't "the townie" say "dude" or "khed" instead of "bro"?

H/t Michael Ratty.

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By BosGuy on Fri, 01/22/2016 - 9:52am.

Wicked Awesome

By adamg on Fri, 01/22/2016 - 10:21am.

Was when he replied to a question with just "Wicked." No, nobody would say that.

By anon on Fri, 01/22/2016 - 10:53am.

It's kinda we-id. Wickid is not usually used alone. But pissah can definly be used alone, but usually used with pissah.

By anon on Fri, 01/22/2016 - 10:58am.

That one always drives me up a wall. It's an adverb, not an adjective!

By Ward8Mahatma on Fri, 01/22/2016 - 2:09pm.

My mother (born 1925) certainly used "wicked" as an adjective as did my grandparents and always in a negative sense-- "That weather last winter was wicked", "Traffic is wicked today; I'm gonna be late."

By Dave on Fri, 01/22/2016 - 4:33pm.

When I was a kid, if you said "That was a wicked game", it was a positive attribute.

By mseskin on Fri, 01/22/2016 - 12:02pm.

Yeah, that's British usage. As my Brit coworker pointed out, "In Britain, a wicked pisser is an awesome urinal."

By Boston Local on Fri, 01/22/2016 - 12:30pm.

Maybe I'm just old, and the kids don't say it like that anymore, but I have said "Wicked" by itself like that, and I've heard people say it, instead of saying "Cool."

By anon on Fri, 01/22/2016 - 3:46pm.

Yes, growing up, "wicked" was used like "cool" or "great" or today's "awesome".

By lbb on Fri, 01/22/2016 - 1:17pm.

That's funny, I've heard someone say exactly that. Talking with a mother of a high school senior, about her daughter and her daughter's best friend, both headed off to different colleges:

Me: Those two are really going to miss each other.
Her: Wicked.

Really, it happened.

By mseskin on Fri, 01/22/2016 - 2:40pm.

But in that usage, it pretty clearly means "a wicked lot." That's still the adverb Boston usage. In the video it was in response to "My cousin's from Taunton." Hard to read that as anything but the British adjectival usage...

By Elmer on Fri, 01/22/2016 - 1:28pm.

          Performed in a 2011 message by then Mayor Thomas Ambrosino.

By Elmer on Fri, 01/22/2016 - 1:37pm.

          From another 2011 message by then Mayor Thomas Ambrosino.

By anon on Sat, 01/23/2016 - 5:45am.

Wicked parody of Ben Affleck, who keeps making millions off the stupid film industry tax incentives that Gov. Charlie Baker wants to redirect to legitimate needs and priorities... like schools and bridges. For every legislator on Beacon Hill who votes to keep the tax dollar giveaway to Hollywood moguls, this is what it gets us. The joke's on us.

By anon on Fri, 01/22/2016 - 10:12am.

Love Rachel Dratch!

By Lmo on Fri, 01/22/2016 - 10:15am.

Dude, bro, khed, guy, brotha.
All of the above!

By SwirlyGrrl on Fri, 01/22/2016 - 10:21am.

A baaaby fukkin wheel? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fIVJmTi-nw

By anon on Fri, 01/22/2016 - 10:27am.

Fukkin is definitely the most common word used in Boston. Wicked doesn't even come close, although it does come in handy from time to time. And that's what's missing from this trailah.

By bulgingbuick on Fri, 01/22/2016 - 3:20pm.

"I'm goin the fukkin Pats game."

Female Bostonian version
"I miss fikkin Filines"

By Gary C on Fri, 01/22/2016 - 10:29am.

I liked it, but if I was from Virginia (etc) I think it would seem long and dull. (Especially the part where they just say towns, which I really enjoyed.)

By Gary C on Fri, 01/22/2016 - 11:40am.

That cracked me up too.

I know this will piss people off, but why did Robin Williams win an Oscar for Good Will Hunting, when his accent was unbearable? I love the guy, but it made his scenes hard to watch.

By bosguy22 on Fri, 01/22/2016 - 3:53pm.

It was a horrible accent, AND he'd turn it on and off at different times. It's like some days he'd give it a shot, then the next day of filming just forget about it.

By anon on Fri, 01/22/2016 - 12:59pm.

We don't care about anyone else's opinion so it doesn't really matter :)

By lbb on Fri, 01/22/2016 - 1:20pm.

If you were from Virginia and not a fan of the American film industry, you'd find it dull as dishwater. I suspect if you're into films, you'd probably find it funny even if some of the particulars escaped you.

By John Costello on Fri, 01/22/2016 - 10:35am.

Sorry Seth. Funny Or Die did it better and funnier 5 years ago.

http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/d41e5814a3/boston-movie-trailer?_cc=__d...

By BostonDog on Fri, 01/22/2016 - 10:54am.

Nothing is more Boston than complaining about people from the suburbs.

By Eric on Fri, 01/22/2016 - 11:25am.

why was that on funnyordie, it wasn't even funny. It was just scenes from old Boston movies...

By adamg on Fri, 01/22/2016 - 11:36am.

They did it because Boston's become a movie trope.

By Cappy on Fri, 01/22/2016 - 1:33pm.

Not even remotely funnier or anything remotely like it.

By anon on Fri, 01/22/2016 - 10:39am.

I just heard this description of someone on the police scanner

"man with boxah shots and a wam jacket on". There wasn't even a hint of "r" in shots or wam.

By anon on Fri, 01/22/2016 - 12:16pm.

'r' can be pronounced 'ah' (a soft pronunciation=non-rhotic), or as 'er-ur' ( a hard pronunciation=rhotic). Most American accents are rhotic, one of the notable exceptions being Boston, or eastern MA, parts of Maine, regional accent. NYC accernts are also non-rhotic. Some southern accents are also non-rhotic. In the UK, most southeastern England (london area, etc.) are non-rhotic. That is the stereotypical accent most people think of as an English (or British; there is no such thing as a single British accent accent, just as there is no such thing as a single New England accent) accent.

By perruptor on Fri, 01/22/2016 - 10:41am.

just to find out where they do meet. Chemsfid? Sichewit? Birricka? There's hundreds of possibilities.

By Neal on Fri, 01/22/2016 - 1:27pm.

I was waiting for P'biddy to come up...

By M on Fri, 01/22/2016 - 1:55pm.

That one's my FAVORITE!!!

By Cappy on Sat, 01/23/2016 - 12:34am.

I'm in P-biddy right now! It's Pissa heah!

By Chris77 on Fri, 01/22/2016 - 2:00pm.

All roads lead to Meffa.

By anon on Fri, 01/22/2016 - 3:49pm.

Nobody from Medford says Meffa. Medfid, yes. Occasionally even Meffid, but not Meffa.

By Jil on Fri, 01/22/2016 - 7:47pm.

Went to college with a guy who'd lived all his life in Medford, and he pronounced it "Meffa." That was decades ago, though.

By SwirlyGrrl on Fri, 01/22/2016 - 11:07pm.

I've heard many older people say "Meffa". In my experience, the lifetimers who have been to college (teachers, lawyers, dentists, etc.) and come back are more likely to say "Meffid".

Like Mr. Camuso:

Maybe people who leave don't say it that way?

By Andy in Allston on Fri, 01/22/2016 - 2:54pm.

"Bricka" (fixed)

By Nancy on Fri, 01/22/2016 - 6:31pm.

Dedham
Raynham
Needham
Waltham
Framingham
Chatham
Hingham
Eastham

By mg on Fri, 01/22/2016 - 10:51am.

Last week I heard an attempted Boston accent on TV so bad it hurt my ears and made me want to cry or throw something at the TV set!

By lowrider on Fri, 01/22/2016 - 1:24pm.

Bad use of wicked on that one.

By mariac on Fri, 01/22/2016 - 11:21am.

This was painful to watch.

By Dave on Fri, 01/22/2016 - 11:54am.

Could have used fewer town names and more shooting Seth Meyers in the head.

By Cappy on Fri, 01/22/2016 - 1:34pm.

Did you say Meh or Merr and just not pronounce your aahhhh.

By Chris77 on Fri, 01/22/2016 - 2:03pm.

Unless I'm mistaken, I didn't see any scenes in darkened MDC rinks.

By Patricia on Fri, 01/22/2016 - 4:05pm.

Does anyone remember the 'BCN Revere School of Receptionists?

God I miss the old BCN days....

By anon on Sat, 01/23/2016 - 3:30pm.

It was the Revere Academy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOXnPRzUGTI

By adamg on Fri, 01/22/2016 - 5:09pm.

By Dave on Fri, 01/22/2016 - 5:29pm.

If you click through, the description says she's a "former Boston resident". I think the "former" part is affecting her ability to get it right.

By JPMom on Sat, 01/23/2016 - 10:50am.

would have used the honorific, "Pal" and not in a friendly way -as in, "Listen, Pal."