Bostonians sometimes had trouble making themselves understood in other colonies

J.L. Bell recounts that on his arrival in Philadelphia, Ben Franklin tried to get some bread to tide him over, but couldn't find any bakers who understood the Boston terms he used. Finally, he just told a baker to give him "three penny worth of any sort" of bread - and then was amazed at the three huge "puffy rolls" he got, because it turned out that pennies had a different worth in Philly than in Boston.