The travails of the Bostonian abroad
By adamg - 1/13/06 - 9:19 am
For some reason, Mikeyc found himself yesterday at the Ohio/Pennsylvania border. Must've been tired, because he made the mistake of asking a store clerk for a tonic:
This poor teenage girl looked at me like I had three heads. No clue. Right up there with the Texan who thought I was Australian when I was working down in Disney World. ... Grew up Charlestown. Moved all the way out Somerville (haha). I feel like a trained chimp when I go away. People are always like, "say this. Say that". I travel a lot so it always happens. EVERY place I go. Without fail ...
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It goes both ways
Making fun of the accent is really obnoxious. But I see Bostonians do it too--next time there's a southerner around, see how he/she gets treated. I'm from the Midwest, and while I don't have accent stuff, I definitely hear people from around here talk about how anyone eastt of Northampton is a bumpkin.
As for the tonic thing, that goes everywhere. Walk into a corner store and order a pop instead of a soda, and see how someone reacts.