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Dot. Ave.

re: Dot. Ave.

By Michael (not verified) | Wed, 08/04/2004 - 7:04am

Where did Dot Ave. originate from?Thanks in advance.

re: Dot. Ave.

By Michael (not verified) | Wed, 08/04/2004 - 7:22am

Where did Dot Ave. originate from?Thanks in advance.

re: Dot. Ave.

By Educand (not verified) | Thu, 04/06/2006 - 7:43am

I'm actually surprised you haven't listed just "Dot," since that's the common term for Dorchester. Michael, I guess that's the answer to your question - Dot Ave comes from "Dot," the affectionate name for Dorchester, which, well, has the letters "D," "O" and "T" in it in that order, so I guess that's how the abbreviation evolved.

re: Dot. Ave.

By Luis (not verified) | Mon, 02/12/2007 - 7:27pm

I actually think that DOT ave is how Dort ave sounds if you say it with a Boston accent.Dort ave is short for Dorchester Ave. Since Bahtonians don't pronounce the ah (r) in cah or bah, Dort comes out sounding like Dot (rymes with fought)

re: Dot. Ave.

By the dot rat (not verified) | Thu, 07/12/2007 - 1:49pm

congress street

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