Southie Longshoremen [T289]

[@MattTee1975]

My best friend in the Marine Corps was an Irish southie. What a trip that guy was, and the slang I learned from him was amazing.

[@bobwalsh2112]

The best example of a real Boston accent on You Tube. Put these guys together in a Pub where they are all talking fast and using colorful language and Boston slang. Your head will spin

[@Patienthost]

Bang! I was bon (born) and raised in MA. When I go down south, man, they really pick up on it. Constantly pointing out my accent. They seemed to like my accent.

[@tyd3407]

@@Patienthost you can give me a ring and I’ll let you know how good it sounds 😉😋

[@vanzarockin]

Bostonians are such characters! Wish I still had the accent.

[@atticussawatzki]

I was on a ship in the Boston Drydock in 2012. You could still feel the authenticity in the air.

[@dominysynclair]

@bigwhite21 No it's not, do you think the nouveau monied transplants would deign to go anywhere near a port unless they were disembarking a yacht? They were working class locals. They still exist you know, they weren't eliminated.

[@erdenesanaa]

I love it the Boston accent - my neighbors sound like these guys ❤

[@ShawnSullivan352ACR]

My heritage is Half Italian/Sicilian and half Irish... the Irish side is from New York and Jersey and the Italian/Sicilian side is from Boston,Fall River Mass and Providence Rhode Island

[@tyd3407]

I’m guessing you drink a lot

[@questtttttttt]

I love this video. It feels like home.

[@wfc1987]

Great guys, local guys.

[@kenaldri4923]

I enjoy your videos and this is another good one. Boston has so many accents and everyone there is a character you could put in a movie. I grew up there but struggled to fit in because my folks were from the Midwest. So the accent challenge was real. It's not just about the "r's" but a whole rhythm and cadence and super abundance of colorful expressions. You gotta be able to show all of that to fit in. Since that was hard for me I had to move away.

[@paolothorpe1461]

Awwww sorry to here that, hope you moved somewhere better for ya❤️

[@sbakernyc5761]

I'm a 2nd generation Irish from NYC. Grew up with lots of Italians, Greeks, Polish Irish and some Germans. Boston NYC and Philadelphia break each other's balls but were so similar. Sad that these old school, working class Europeans are disappearing. Not hating at all on newer immigrants, just wish there would still be a little of the old NYC left

[@Mob4336]

agreed

[@Thomas-Bradley]

Well, that's because these working-class Europeans's children don't want to remain stuck in the working-class income bracket and so they get their fancy college degree and get a good paying job that affords them a life in a suburb, living as middle-class or upper-middle class.

[@wesleymorris7390]

The guy wit the red sox hat and brown coats my favorite

[@Aritro77]

This channel is a treasure trove for linguistics nerds

[@DontCareBeare.5791]

I love the Accent

[@GiovanniCapannori]

When people had character. Love it

[@mikehawk9784]

3:50 This guy is 28 years old

[@74artgrrl]

“Nevah bawthahhd me” that’s correct!

[@PaulizzleWu]

great footage

[@6buddurgin]

South Boston back in the 80's was so great!

[@applejacks8160]

“Its peaceful over in this section!” Yelled as a commercial jet takes off from Logan

[@Grahamt978]

It’s the soundtrack

[@7489k]

Poor Jawge. Had to do that intro bit 465 times haha with his brother making faces to boot!

[@cathalmcdonough5247]

They put my man George through it all

[@pistolpete8231]

🤣🤣🤣

[@notimportant8806]

Guy with the sunglasses sounds like Jay Leno but with a heavier accent.

[@chenzenzo]

Jay Leno is from Andover, Massachusetts.

[@xpadicle3705]

@@chenzenzo I’m from lowell and I think the only reason I can hear a little bit of accent is bc his is real thick

[@LM-ul6fd]

Just close your eyes and youll hear Paulie walnut tell a guy "Come here this is right up Alley" 😂

[@titusflavius9566]

i'm from the northshore and I could tell he was from southie, I spent a lot of time in the northend. the boston accent is heavy from the northend to the northshore to peabody. Southie has their own spin on the accent.

[@joeyparm9887]

South shore is where all the Bostonians move to. Way more Boston accents on the SS

[@keeppunchin2302]

The Sunshine Boys ☘️

[@chenzenzo]

How do you know if someone's from Charlestown? They are, or know a bankrobber.

[@kevinmcgann8752]

George is awesome

[@Im_Firas]

I thought that was De Niro

[@mikewines7852]

Had a roommate who had moved out to Oregon from Roxbury, Mass. He was full blooded Italian, but looked Irish because he had fair skin and red hair( he said he was descended from Northern Italians, who are more fair skinned and their hair often lighter colored). He had a deep Southie accent especially after a few beers. I remember him calling the living room or what I was raised to call the front room, the parlor. He also called what most refer to as a sofa or a couch the davenport, and jeans or Levi's he referred to as dungarees. The greatest line he ever said though was, as a group of us were walking through a parking lot, a man gets out of a slick looking remodeled '69 Dodge Charger, and he says to the guy "dat's a wicked hawd Dodge Chawga yas gots dare, pally." We still bring it up and laugh about that line whenever we see a Charger or watch a Red Sox game.

[@barnabytaffytugger7754]

This is what I came here for 😂

[@74artgrrl]

“A wicket hawt chahhh-juhh yuh gawt thayuh “ more like. But thank you for that. I’m a Masshole and I love this stuff because all around New England there are so many inflections. Thanks again.

[@maryanneweldon8040]

Yeah...right. you are full of sh**

[@Patienthost]

I'd say, "Thatsa' wicked hawt Dodge Char'ja you's got they'uh." I'm from MA, about an hour away from Boston, but we sound about 99% like S. Boston.

[@Patienthost]

@edith bunker I pronounce, "A wickid hawt char'ja they'uh." Bon (born) and raised in MA. I'm about an our'ah (hour) from Boston.

[@benkleschinsky]

Right where I live!

[@VanMartyVideo]

Hi I’m Josh McAvoy and I have lived in south Baaaaaaaaaahstan for 25 yeahs ❤️❤️❤️ love it

[@DavidR_192]

Gawge (George) not Josh!

[@NateKyng]

Dollars to donuts, dude in the white jacket knows a guy

[@Patienthost]

I dated a guy from NJ. He didn't say Joy'zee. He dropped the, "NEW", and said, "Jersey."

[@waggafletcher]

George McEvoy is the salt of the earth.

[@tyd3407]

He’s mAAhreed, and has 2 children

[@marg233]

Sam Moran (shades) George Macavoy (hoodie)🍀

[@iammissiemarie4302]

The first two guys sound a lot like old Brooklyn. My Italian Grandparents sounded a lot like this, except for the vowel differences the way they say tAHk and Wahk. Brooklyn is more Wauhk and Tauhk.

[@chuckmiller2741]

Jawge!

[@pistolpete8231]

Damn they tortured George McAvoy 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@epicsmileyguy2845]

I noticed that George McAvoy doesn't have the horse-hoarse merger

[@TomByron-h7s]

I miss Boston sometimes

[@justkissit]

Jawge McIvoy looks like such a nice guy

[@TokyobuckettsLive]

Such a nois gway

[@KoolT]

Sounds just like my deceased father in law. Wonderful.

[@JBERRY603]

Good guys

[@CN-wt2bj]

Paahhden mee

[@Sean-jc6cu]

Sounds like my Dad and grandpa lol

[@danieltobin6250]

Tommy Burns the man in the Sox hat was a very close friend of my father. So funny I came across the video.

[@GamerRickster]

Has he passed away? Seems like a real stand up guy

[@BudSchnelker]

His wife is named "Mahge", because of course she is!

[@Alaytheia]

Now say, "the life of the wife, was ended, by the knife". Lol

[@jen7662]

I had to look up that guys address and how it looks like a parking lot☹️

[@ccmills87]

My grandfathers in this. Do you have more footage?

[@KILLMOORE]

C 789 at what time stamp. Is he still alive?

[@ccmills87]

KILLMOORE unfortunately he has passed away.

[@wellshu1381]

which one was he

[@pistolpete8231]

@@wellshu1381 he's full of it

[@sultankorean651]

sounds bit Australian

[@jimrundlett-doom9339]

I'm an original chowdahead.

[@user-gl5kx5hj1h]

They all come to Boston to get educated :) MIIT 💪

[@hacksaw]

Over the top Southie guy, normal Charlestown guy. Typical

[@danieltobin6250]

Surprised they didn’t fight over who is more Irish.

[@kewkabe]

I was in Harvard Square the other day, turned the corner and saw Larry Bird parking his car! It was by the pizza and grinder shop on Dunster. (Pronounced "Iwasin haaahvad squaaaah the othaa day, tihhhhned the connner sah Larry bihhhd paaahking his cahhh, by the pizzer and grindahhh show-up on DUNSTUHHHH")

[@BR-ex9xp]

Back when people had respect.

[@ss6truks]

Boston Robert De Niro lol

[@TheSoftballstar1261]

10:50-10:58 I do that too!! 🛫

[@43STEELERS43]

Say it with me PAHK THE CAH IN THE GARAHG

[@JesseTheMindless]

Yous

[@josephblanchard6248]

The Town

[@chenzenzo]

"The Town" is referring to Charlestown, which is next to Cambridge and on the other side of Charles River. Southie is the opposite end of Boston.

[@noskcaj1665]

The Town isn't southie

[@Mob4336]

@@noskcaj1665 that is correct Charlestown is not in Southie

[@myearshurtnoone1367]

lol dude looks like he's 12

[@Patienthost]

People will say that to you in Daytona Beach, FL when i was theyah, "You pahrk your cahr in the Harhvid yahrd? I said, "No, I'd get a ticket."

[@ronmccluskey2140]

that's when I usually go into a full-blown Boston accent, and they need an interpreter understand what I've said lol

[@DontCareBeare.5791]

Trying to cut Buttuh

[@sultankorean651]

influence of the British, colonial times, the British accent stuck but changed over time

[@donquixotedoflamingo5510]

It's a mix of colonial Brits with 1800s/1900s Irish immigrants. At one point Boston was 50% 1st and 2nd generation Irish, Bostonians sounded much different before the Irish came and had much more British sounding accent

[@LondonGooner]

​@donquixotedoflamingo5510 most British are part irish most irish are part British do any dna test on a English or irish person they are very similar but the English will have more Scandinavian and a little Greek and south Italian or French other then that basically the same people. Our governments clash but we all get on like a house on fire we drink and eat the same food. Our culture revolves around a pub I'm Irish and Italian from London but nearly everyone I know has a set of irish grandparents or irish surnames but they don't know they are irish.

[@danf3937]

Probably the most work these three pieces of suit hsvr done all day

[@matts1351]

I’ve gawt a wife named MODGE. In my free time I like phatawgraphy and I coach sawka

[@ez45]

"farm" sounds like they're sayin "fime". It's cute

[@TheWHIGJr]

That portnoy's dad?

[@SJWetz88]

Not nearly enough f words