Word: bostonians
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...instance, the Boston dialect is commonly thought to be in immediate danger of disappearing, but the traditional linguistic features associated with it have been replaced by new distinctive characteristics. A Bostonian might not say "cah" any more - for car - but they will say potato puff for tater tot. Sprinkles will be jimmies. And they'll use terms like "triple-decker" and "grinder," which don't really appear outside of the region. Vaux says he could probably identify where a person is from, by asking under ten questions regarding such idiosyncracies in language. He explains that one of the main reasons...
...More and more people are reading The Improper Bostonian," Deibel said. "And there is always a market for romance...
...Improper Bostonian has published their Boston's Best list for the past eight years...
...Improper Bostonian won the right to publish this year's list after a legal battle with Boston Magazine last year. Boston Magazine, whose own Best of Boston list has been published for 26 years, sued the Improper Bostonian over their use of the phrase "Best of Boston...
According to John Strahinich, the executive editor of Boston Magazine, the Improper Bostonian had violated an agreement between the two magazines, which stated that The Improper Bostonian would not use the term "Best of Boston" in reference to its list...