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Yes, I realize the problem with the headline
It only works if you don't have a Boston accent. Yes, I'm ashamed of that, but there's another story I need to finish and didn't have the time to do better.
What accent is this supposed
What accent is this supposed to work for? I don’t have a Boston accent and it doesn’t work for me either.
(I’m asking out of curiosity, not complaint.)
Hmm ...
Harried Reporterese, I think.
North Shore Accent?
If it works for any accent, I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say it's, appropriately, the North Shore accent. A friend of mine who grew up on the North Shore claims she can't hear, or pronounce, the difference between "here" and "hair", or "beer" and "bear". Which led one time to her husband wondering why she was reading her kids the story of Goldilocks and the 3 Beers.
I live on the North Shore and can definitely hear this, but I'm not sure I've ever heard "prayer" pronounced "preer". I'll ask around.. maybe next time I'm stuck on the Blue Line.
Headline
Somebody actually complained about your headline?
Family name was, . . . .
Rivoire.
That would have messed up more than Adams headline.
What rhymes with Rivoire?
Tons of words!
Bizahhh
Cahhh
Stahhh
Fahhh
If it's still January..
.. and you're already struggling to come up with T meltdown rhymes, that's a really bad sign.
Just call it assonance
That sounds both highfallutin and amusing to one's inner 12 year old.
Blue Line truly Green Line's
Blue Line truly Green Line's peer: wire trouble in Revere