Caught in Southie noticed that Forbes is the latest non-local media outlet to get the stupid idea that people who live east of the Expressway are "southies," in an article about this show called SMILF, which is about a Southie mother whom you'd, well, you know: Read more.
Faced with a deluge of complaints from the Hub, the food writer who said a new Wahlburgers would let Californians "eat like a Southie" has apologized for the gaffe, but not without adding:
Although in all fairness Southie does sound like a person and not a place.
Via the Globe.
You have to, um, admire somebody who paid extra to get this plate. Lisa McColgan, who spotted it, is grateful:
My Monday is going to suck less now.
European Bunny is a math teacher from England, who is here with a math-teacher friend from China. She reports her friend plans to use smoots in a homework assignment now, based in part on the video above.
UMass Amherst practiced some good IT hygiene last week and required students to change their network passwords. Students were sent to a password-change page with helpful password tips, including words not to use:
No popular terms such as umass, redsox, password, etc.
The Times Food Section reports it's heard South Boston residents loud and clear and has updated the online version of its profile of Barbara Lynch to say she is "a fierce daughter of Southie" rather than "a fierce Southie." Read more.
The Gray Lady begins a profile of our Barbara Lynch:
BOSTON - Barbara Lynch never thought she would end up in South Boston.
The chef is a fierce Southie, a local term for this neighborhood and the people who built it.
As Luke O'Neil, who spotted the passage, notes:
That's... not a thing.
Sully and Denise return to the airwaves, even if just for one performance. With shoutouts to the Burlington Mall and, of course, Nohmah.
Gabs spotted this ad - and the associated commentary - on the Red Line today.
Language NSFW, unless you work on a boat in the harbor, maybe.
H/t Jed Hresko.
MassDOT is up to its Boston English-lovin' ways again, this time to urge college roommates to learn fire escape routes from their dorm rooms, as Sharon McAuliffe shows us this morning.
Earlier:
Use yah blinkah.
Finally, the Boston accent gets the movie it deserves. With requisite bar fight, even.
But wouldn't "the townie" say "dude" or "khed" instead of "bro"?
H/t Michael Ratty.
Tonight's specials show that, when it comes to drinks, Tony's in West Roxbury is old school (right up there with the Pleasant Cafe in Roslindale, which also still offers tonic).
Boston Casting is looking for locals with THICK & AUTHENTIC BOSTON ACCENTS. Somebody forward this to the baby-wheel dude and Jay.
The Oxford English Dictionary has added "Masshole" to its lexicon, WCVB reports:
The term was added to the dictionary as a noun and is considered vulgar slang that is "a contemptuous term for a native or inhabitant of the state of Massachusetts."
Somebody who obviously grew up in the Boston area has posted these signs all around Roslindale Square.
The city that gave us Wicked Free WiFi and set up pahk.boston.gov for downloading a parking-meter app is getting a bit tired of calling the Boston Arts Festival the Boston Ahts Festival.
The Mayor's Office of Arts and Culture is running a contest to find a new name for the annual celebration in Christopher Columbus Park.
It is, of course, to laugh: The latest NWS forecast discussion for the Boston area alerts us:
ANOTHER CHANCE FOR ACCUMULATING SNOW LOOKS TO OCCUR THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY.
And then, the NWS discussion continues:
WICKED COLD AIR FOLLOWS THIS COASTAL LOW
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