We were listening to that show, too (and snickering). I'm originally from Ohio, but I've lived here 24 years...teaching communication. The various sounds of greater Boston have always intrigued me.
But I was in Ohio last week and picked up a prescription for my youngest sister. Asked to verify her address, I gave the house number on Harvard Street...and pronounced Harvard with only .5 "r"s.
I was teaching a college public relations course when a student came in and told us what had happened. The university had set up televisions in the cafeteria, and we stood, open-mouthed, watching the explosion, mostly everyone crying.
That was the last group I taught where even the freshmen had been alive when we'd last walked on the moon.
I live in greater Boston, so the nearest Trader Joe's to me is a 7 minute drive. :-) My favorite product? Besides the inherent usefulness of really big jars of capers...my secret evil pleasure is a candy bar they sell with Belgian chocolate enrobing peanut butter ganache. Mmmmmmm.
But I was in Ohio last week and picked up a prescription for my youngest sister. Asked to verify her address, I gave the house number on Harvard Street...and pronounced Harvard with only .5 "r"s.
Spoiled for life, I am.
That was the last group I taught where even the freshmen had been alive when we'd last walked on the moon.
I would happily have driven one of those cars for free, mind.