By adamg on Tue., 4/7/2020 - 3:33 pm 
Karen McFeaters snapped the new sign in the lobby of the Fort Point post office.
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haha! Getting one's point
By anon
Tue, 04/07/2020 - 3:44pm
haha! Getting one's point across with wit goes far at a time like this.
Ah the Smoot...
By Bookerman
Tue, 04/07/2020 - 3:48pm
Reminds me of living in the back bay and running across the Mass. Ave. Bridge. Shout out to MIT.
Wrong bridge
By Don't Panic
Tue, 04/07/2020 - 4:05pm
n/t
no, right bridge
By Chris Jones
Tue, 04/07/2020 - 4:45pm
The Harvard Bridge, which is the Mass Ave crossing of the Charles.
Harvard Bridge
By Don't Panic
Sat, 04/11/2020 - 9:00am
Is not in Southie.
That should read apaht
By anon
Tue, 04/07/2020 - 5:06pm
Not apart.
Shouldn’t that be
By Matt
Tue, 04/07/2020 - 5:12pm
“Stay Wickid Fah Apaht Dood†?
OK, if we're being Bostonishly correct ...
By adamg
Tue, 04/07/2020 - 5:51pm
It should say
WICKED FAR APAHT
Because you put the R back in if it's followed by a vowel.
Or, if you want to stretch it out:
WICKED FAR APAHT KHED
Exactly so!!
By Turalura Lipschitz
Wed, 04/08/2020 - 8:47am
JFK (whose Boston accent was unlike any Bostonian you or I ever met) was often mocked for calling Castro's island "Cuber," but people didn't understand that it was Cuber only if followed by a vowel-starting word.
A good test is asking some to say "raw egg." If it comes out as "rawregg," then it's a serious Boston accent. (Boston accents can by hyper-regional, so "raw egg" does not totally disqualify one as having a genuine accent.)
JFK accent
By Scratchie
Wed, 04/08/2020 - 9:02am
I agree that the Kennedy accent is not like the typical Boston/suburban accent, but you do find traces of it in the wild.
I have a good friend, native Cantabrigian, who says "idear" even though he doesn't have a noticeable accent in other ways.
I used to know a gentleman from the South Shore whose accent resembled the Kennedys', even though he was from a much more modest background.
I suspect that fifty or sixty years ago, that sort of accent was probably a lot more common.
Always good to know
By mg
Tue, 04/07/2020 - 6:16pm
the conversion to Smoots. Thank you, Adam, for providing this public service.
You can always use Google ...
By adamg
Wed, 04/08/2020 - 1:45am
Ask it "How many smoots in 2.5 miles" or "how many feet in 10 smoots" or whatever and you'll get an answer!
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