Subject: RE: Share your favorite Boston/New England Slang/ColloquialismContrary to what many think there, is but one way to pronounce these words below. They are not actually colloquialisms but rather have their deepest roots in the New England area: SCALLOP: right way: SKOL' up (as if the scallop has the word "call" stuck in the middle of it) wrong way: SKAL' up QUAHOG: right way: QWAH' hog wrong way: KO' hog the town of Raynham: There is but one pronunciation for the town of Raynham on the Southshore of Massachusetts: right way: RAIN HAM (equal emphasis both syllables - say the word "ham") wrong way: RAIN' um (above: the same rules hold true for the towns of Stoneham, Eastham, and Wareham) One hundred and fifty years ago Chatham was pronounced "CHAT HAM (again equal emphasis both syllables) - indeed some old timers (natives to the town) pronounce it that way to this day.
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