THE DICTIONARY:

The Comprehensive Linguistic Guide to Loving Hanson in Boston: What you (and Hanson) need to know should you ever come visit us.

Directions: remove letter R and pronounce as usual

Bawstin: Home of us.

Tuhlsa: Home of Hanson.

Taylahanson: Middle Hanson brother. Handsome and wonderful. Sings like a "mo'fo" according to that guy in Savage Garden.

Middleuhnowheah: Hanson's debut album. Has Mmmbop on it.

Albitane: Capital city of Mars (pronounced "Maahs"); see also Albitane Tooah

consit: what Albitane was; any performance by a band,choir, etc.

wicked retahded: (adj.) characterises something as extremely unpleasant

Wawkah: Dad of Hanson.

faahthah:What your dad is; Wawkah is one.

Jarrid Gollihaeh: Admiral Twin drummer ("drummah"). Used to be a writer ("writah") for a Tulsa newspaper ("noozpapah"). Gave it up to be a rock star ("rawkstaah").

Joahdn: Taylahansons's first name.

Stah Woahs: Film of choice for Hanson. Features Ewoks, Princess Lea and…

Dahth Vaydah: Stah Woahs bad guy.

pleathuh: A fabric, usually a plastic/vinyl combo-platter. Often seen on various species of Hanson.

drummah: Zachary Hanson is one; so is Jarrod Gollihaeh. They bang on things.

guitah: Instrument of choice for Isaac Hanson.

bass playah: Scott. Maahk Caah too. Hanson doesn't have a genetically-linked bass playah. Yet.

Claahk: Wawkah's real name. Isaac's too.

reckid: Round, flat piece of vinyl with a hole in the middle, originally used to play music. Extinct.

layzahtag: The sport of choice for Hanson; usually involves running, shooting things and sweat. We played it in Tuhlsa.

awoadh: Grammys, Oscars, People's Choice, etc.

docmahtins: Traditionally boot-like British footwear, often seen on Zachary Hanson.

hambergah: Hanson food of choice.

tonic: Ike would probably call it "pop."

Threecaahgaraahge: Released collection of Hanson demos. (No, not those demos, silly.)

sistah: Avery, Jessica and Zoe. Hanson has three sistiz.

Haahtfid: Connecticut city where you can see a Hanson consit. The second time we went to Albitane, it was in Haahtifid.

Caahsin: MTV VJ who can't decide whether he likes Hanson or not; has the tendency to be retahded sometimes.

summah: The time of year ("yeeah") in which you traditionally see Hanson consits. The season after spring.

yeeah: An increment of 365 days.

Reckiduhtheyeeah: The Grammy that Hanson was nominated for. They should have won.

Wheeid: Fourth single off of Middleuhnowheah; Video directed by Gus Van Sant, who makes movies about Bawstin.

chahgecaahd: Small rectangular piece of plactic, sometimes belonging to your mom, often used to purchace tickets to a Hanson consit.

Masticaahd: Chahgecaahd of choice for Laura

Tickitmastaah: Place where you purchase tickets to the Hanson consit in Haahtifid, usually using a chahgecaahd.

Good Will Hunting: Movie about Bawstin; directed by the same guy who directed the Wheeid video.

Yoostin: Texas city you pass through on your way to Tuhlsa.

loozah: (adj.) a person who is highly uncool; as in: "That Brittney Speeiz is a big loozah."

looziz: Plural form of loozah, ex: "Those Backstreet Boys are wicked big looziz."

aahm: Limb on the upper part of your body.

Noo Yawk: That other northeast city that thinks they're so cool. Hanson goes there a lot. Folks from Noo Yawk put tomatoes in their chowda ("chowder"), which is just wicked retahded.

strayngah: A foreinger; you can be one on a runaway train.