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thatisgangster t1_j0y7cy7 wrote

I'd say so and it's pronounced quinzee

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Academic_Guava_4190 t1_j10ava9 wrote

I’m probably in the minority. I say no as it sits squarely in the Merrimack Valley. Some folks distinguish between Greater Boston and Metro Boston.

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ScarletOK t1_j0yjpc9 wrote

Thank you for caring about how to pronounce Quincy (no "e")--it is Quinzee.

Your next lesson is that the green space in Boston, Cambridge and many other New England towns/cities is the Common, not the Commons, which is a dining hall or meeting space. Some places they call it The Green.

Third lesson: Tremont not "tree-mont," but "Leech-mere, not Lech-mere"

Yes, it's weird but I used to live in Indiana where a town name spelled "Buddha" was pronouned "Bu-dee" Go figure!

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rob691369 t1_j0z463v wrote

Lol, I live in Bexar County in Texas. It is pronounced Bear County...go figure

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forrealz42 t1_j0zbgwk wrote

Makes sense if it was originally pronounced "Behar". Then people got lazy and made it one syllable.

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Empty_Ad_612 t1_j119jlj wrote

Inside 95/128 = Greater Boston Area

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[deleted] OP t1_j0z4u41 wrote

I have been wondering that myself,I'm currently reading the biography of JQA and wikipedia said "Kwinzi" in the int. pron. yes Quinzee is right.

Quincy originally part of Dorchester ,then given to Braintree as North Braintree where John Hancock,John Adams and John Q Adams were all born.

Then broke off as the city of Quincy but not named as one would think after JQA but after Colonel John Quincy.

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I had always thought the towns of Adams /North Adams was named for John Adams but the town originally known as East Hoosac was actually named for Samuel Adams.And Adams and NA split during the industrial revolution.

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plawwell t1_j0ys3ts wrote

Quin-Zee as opposed to the Canadian Quin-Zed.

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ShawshankExemption t1_j10qjc5 wrote

Depends- very broadly speaking the census consider the Boston metro area from Boston out to Worcester alllll the way up to Manchester NH. It’s stupidly massive. However, anyone around here wouldn’t consider Lawrence part of Boston but rather it’s own area, or larger the Merrimac Valley.

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user72230 t1_j0ypzls wrote

I consider Lawrence the greater Boston area....Lowell too

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Banea-Vaedr t1_j141fk1 wrote

Merrimack valley yes. Being from the west, most stuff within the Great Wall is "boston"

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SynbiosVyse t1_j1bb6tg wrote

Lawrence is it's own city, with it's own suburbs like Methuen, North Andover, and Haverhill. It's part of the Boston combined statistical area, but it's not part of Greater Boston.

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LukeWarmCheesecake t1_j0zo5es wrote

The Wikipedia page is accurate:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greater_Boston

It's a huge area and covers even part of New Hampshire.

And also, it's more pronounced Quins-E than Quin-Z even though they're nearly identical.

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WikiSummarizerBot t1_j0zo703 wrote

Greater Boston

>Greater Boston is the metropolitan region of New England encompassing the municipality of Boston (the capital of the U.S. state of Massachusetts and the most populous city in New England) and its surrounding areas. The region forms the northern arc of the Northeast megalopolis, so Greater Boston means both a metropolitan statistical area (MSA) and a combined statistical area (CSA), which is broader.

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TheGrandExquisitor t1_j1093wr wrote

Quin-c if you talk like a normal person. Quin-z if you talk like an extra from The Town.

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plawwell t1_j0ys1s2 wrote

Considering MHT is officially called Manchester-Boston Regional Airport, I'm not sure.

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[deleted] OP t1_j0y46o6 wrote

Lawrence is not Greater Boston, but only 35 minutes from downtown. And it’s Quin C, but Z works too.

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Maronita2020 t1_j0ynmm5 wrote

>It is spelled Quincy but pronounced Quinzee the same way President Quincy's family pronounced it.

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