The Globe analyzes Mahty Walsh's English. An interesting article, although I'd argue the author is wrong when he says Walsh has the strongest Boston accent of any Boston mayuh evah - it's not that Walsh is more Boston than Menino or White or Flynn, just that he's younger and that his speech patterns show that even Boston English changes.
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easy way to lose accent
By aging cynic
Sun, 11/17/2013 - 2:18pm
Boston kid in a BC dorm. Most of the kids were from CT, LI and NJ. My accent was gone in a semester. (Marty went to the night school with other Bostonians.)
Good for the city
By Markk02474
Sun, 11/17/2013 - 3:30pm
The national media is more likely to run clips of Walsh with a clear accent than Menino who required subtitles.
And
By anon
Sun, 11/17/2013 - 5:07pm
A translator
My Northern New England accent
By Nancy
Sun, 11/17/2013 - 5:36pm
A friend from Toronto asked me what kind of accent I have. Why, none, of course! Only the uneducated and those who have never lived outside of the Boston area have accents!
Oh no, friends. It turns out that I have a very strong Northern New England accent. A completely unscientific online quiz nailed me. My accent is
People don't realize it but there is much, much more to the Boston accent than dropping r's and drawing (or should I say drawring) out a's.
Dawn is like coffee in NYC
By Markk02474
Mon, 11/18/2013 - 1:49am
Dawn is pronounced like coffee in NYC, right? One character I liked on Showtime's Dexter was officer Quinn. Great accent that seemed a blend of Boston and NY.
If you really want to geek on this ...
By SwirlyGrrl
Sun, 11/17/2013 - 6:50pm
http://aschmann.net/AmEng/#SmallMapUnitedStates
This site includes recorded examples of accents, too. The quintessential Eastern MA accent is represented by Medford City Councilor Paul Camuso. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbK4cL3QSc0
Yes, Has Nothing To Do With Anything, But...
By anon
Sun, 11/17/2013 - 8:22pm
...he's lost a lot of weight since that video was made.
geek++
By Dave
Sun, 11/17/2013 - 10:33pm
Clip 332 has Walter Brennan, originally from Lynn. (I thought he was supposed to be from Swampscott)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZupYOmRsb8
He introduces his show at around 5:45.
Who else recognizes where he's standing?
Is it ...
By Nancy
Sun, 11/17/2013 - 11:36pm
the living room from Make Room for Daddy?
http://kpbs.media.clients
By Dave
Mon, 11/18/2013 - 1:47am
http://kpbs.media.clients.ellingtoncms.com/img/pho...
...which is odd, because it was a CBS show and Brennan was introducing an ABC show.
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