Comments on: Friday Night Long Snapper: Part III

By: Shifty McShifterson

Shifty McShifterson — Sat, 24 May 2008 16:39:50 +0000

Those side streets were my babies 10 years ago when I used them to beat freeway congestion. I can’t imagine the pain now.

It’s funny and admirable that Edina has held onto the “cake eaters” tag all these years. That’s stamina, I tellzya.

“Eks-”, pause of confusion*, “Zawksess” is what I heard most often.

*That’s my electro death metal band’s album title, don’t you steal it.

Lastly, “Sooo, let’s get’n teh carrr and go ta teh barrr, eh?” was what all my L.A. friends made me say when visiting shortly after Fargo’s release. Of course, having long extinguished the accent, turning it back on was both a blast and sooo worth it to play the ham.

By: StraightCashHomey

StraightCashHomey — Fri, 23 May 2008 21:57:12 +0000

A kid I knew in school was from a suburb of Boston and we’d always make him say, “Let’s go have a beer at the bar.” So that’s where I always start my Boston accent. It just usually doesn’t lead to “Xerxes.”

By: Dave MN

Dave MN — Fri, 23 May 2008 21:15:00 +0000

I have officially added “me practicing a Boston accent in order to accurately say ‘Xerxes’ in a Boston accent” to the moments of my life that I am most happy weren’t televised.

I just wonder how many others were doing it. I was trying to figure out what it sounded like even before The Hootie tried to spell it phonetically.

By: StraightCashHomey

StraightCashHomey — Fri, 23 May 2008 21:08:59 +0000

I have officially added “me practicing a Boston accent in order to accurately say ‘Xerxes’ in a Boston accent” to the moments of my life that I am most happy weren’t televised.

By: The Hootie

The Hootie — Fri, 23 May 2008 21:03:55 +0000

I don’t know if I can possibly do it justice trying to type it phonetically. Something along the line of “Zeeeeeeurk-zeeese”. (Nope, certianly did NOT do it justice. Best I can do, though.)

Remember the SNL character Jimmy Fallon played where he said “wicked pissa” every 7.2 seconds? Imagine that character saying it.

By: StraightCashHomey

StraightCashHomey — Fri, 23 May 2008 20:55:12 +0000

Nah, Dave, their parents are more powerful than the gods. TH, how do Bostonians say it?

By: The Hootie

The Hootie — Fri, 23 May 2008 20:50:39 +0000

There are few things that amuse me as much as hearing my relatives from Boston say “Xerxes.”

By: Dave MN

Dave MN — Fri, 23 May 2008 20:44:32 +0000

I would think that they’d keep Xerxes, it sounds kind of pompous. I swear I’ve heard an Edina tennis player yell out “Son of Xerxes!” after making an unforced error.

By: StraightCashHomey

StraightCashHomey — Fri, 23 May 2008 20:38:06 +0000

(cont’d, got jumpy)… I’m sure it’s because of east-west location, but Xerxes is an actual thoroughfare. Seems to me that it would make more sense to stay Xerxes.

By: StraightCashHomey

StraightCashHomey — Fri, 23 May 2008 20:36:37 +0000

Heh. A common ailness in those parts. I always think it’s funny how Xerxes becomes York in Edina… Like “Xerxes” is too ugly a word for the Edinians to hear.