"transplant"

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If i say I was a Boston transplant, would that mean I am a new immigrant of the city from somewhere else or

does it mean that I come from Boston?

I checked out the dictionary already but still fail to figure out what it'd mean being put in such a sentence fragment.

THanks for answering in advance, anyone!

Clive · Accepted Answer

Hi,

Without any context, it's ambiguous.

It doesn't seem to me like a commonly said phrase.

Clive

CalifJim · Answer

chivalryBoston transplant

If I asked you where you were from (here in California), and you said you were a Boston transplant, I would easily understand it to mean that you used to live in Boston before moving here. It wouldn't make sense to me if you said you were a California transplant.

CJ

Chivalry · Answer

CliveHi, Without any context, it's ambiguous. It doesn't seem to me like a commonly said phrase. Clive

The original context goes as something like this:

" I'm planning on taking the job as a photographer for the Discovery program this upcoming month, by then I will be following the impresario's footsteps, filming and translaing for her. She's a Boston native, and I'm a Boston transplant, too.

So if the stars are aligned, we will be visiting your place soon and I'm looking for a chance to hang!"

I don't think the context will help a lot if we don't know what that phrasal segment means in the first place, though.

CSnyder · Answer

You can easily figure out that it means "originally from Boston" from context - "She's a Boston native, and I'm a Boston transplant, too."

Chivalry · Answer

CSnyderYou can easily figure out that it means "originally from Boston" from context - "She's a Boston native, and I'm a Boston transplant, too."

No, that doesn't help me comprehend what the person tries to convey.

Because a transplant, according to the dictionary, is a person who transfer from one place or residence to another, how am I supposed to know if Boston is the place where he transfer from or to?

CSnyder · Answer

chivalry
CSnyderYou can easily figure out that it means "originally from Boston" from context - "She's a Boston native, and I'm a Boston transplant, too."
No, that doesn't help me comprehend what the person tries to convey.
Because a transplant, according to the dictionary, is a person who transfer from one place or residence to another, how am I supposed to know if Boston is the place where he transfer from or to?

Just dissect the sentence:

"She's a Boston native" = She is originally from Boston

"and I'm a Boston transplant, too" = I am also originally from Boston

The function of the word "too" is to equate the meanings of the two phrases "Boston native" and "Boston transplant".

Anonymous · Answer

Why just not say I came from Boston?

Anonymous · Answer

The phrase makes no sense. The word "too" and the way it is being used is incorrect. remove the word and the phrase makes much more sense. So either A the individual is not aware of the mistake or B they believe it to be correct. But in the end it's simply not correct wording. saying "too" is to say "as well as" or "also". You can't be native to any state other than the state you originally were born and raised in. Thus you can't be a transplant from another state and hold the label native, also.

Anonymous · Answer

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Anonymous · Answer

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