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The Pook #175613 04/06/08 12:25 PM
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And the first O in Boston isn't pronounced the same as the AR in Park and Car.

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the first O in Boston isn't pronounced the same as the AR in Park and Car

Wikipedia has an article on the Boston accent (link). Also, there are two or more accents. I am thinking of the Boston Brahmin sociolectal accent (link, especially the audio links at the end of the article).


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There's about five or six Boston accents, maybe more if you consider some of the outlying area.

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 Originally Posted By: zmjezhd
the first O in Boston isn't pronounced the same as the AR in Park and Car

Wikipedia has an article on the Boston accent (link). Also, there are two or more accents. I am thinking of the Boston Brahmin sociolectal accent (link, especially the audio links at the end of the article).


I'm beginning to think you actually WROTE these articles! Is there anything you don't know? \:o

The Pook #175640 04/07/08 12:00 AM
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to think you actually WROTE these articles

No, but the author(s) and I have been reading the same sorts of articles and books.


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Faldage #175641 04/07/08 12:01 AM
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's about five or six Boston accents

Language, like life, is always a bit more complicated that folks think it is.


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Faldage #175647 04/07/08 02:36 AM
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the first O in Boston isn't pronounced the same as the AR in Park and Car. I thought prolly not, but I'm not familiar enough with it to know how to make the distinction, written or orally.

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