Gotta love that Eastern hospitality!!!!
Yep!
I went back to Massachusetts a few years ago on vacation to do some fishing. I stopped for directions at a Marina and started out with the following in my Indiana accent whatever that is, "I'm not from around and here and I wonder if you could give me some directions." The snippy lady behind the counter immediately countered with, "Well yeah that's obvious," with a tone I didn't care for.
Later I thought a good response to that would have been "Well at least we can say our r's back in Indiana."
Course I may nothave got any directions.
No offense to New Englanders at all as I have lots of friends in New England but it's a fact some leave out the 'r's as in paking lot vs. parking lot or ca instead of car.
When I got a job working at a movie theater while In college, I was sure the ticket girl was from New England as she didn't say her 'r's. When I asked her if she was from New England she gave me a puzzled look. I said, "I'm asking because your r's are silent." She replied with a very annoyed look which meant asking her for a date was out of the question at any point in the future, "I have a speech impediment." Boy did I feel like a heel!
