tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post2159599643837736332..comments2023-10-20T11:17:47.246-04:00Comments on Two Nerdy History Girls: Friday video: Boston accent explainedUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-66029364301708721192014-09-20T16:16:26.515-04:002014-09-20T16:16:26.515-04:00I'm cracking up at Karen Anne's comment. T...I'm cracking up at Karen Anne's comment. There's a whole dictionary on Rhode Island language. Every time I go away and come back home, the accents sound more pronounced. My best friend has a stronger accent when she talks to her husband. My dad has a wicked Wustah accent. In the summer he wears "shats." Some of the words we use here in New England are the same as they still use back in England and some of the words used are old-fashioned or come from immigrants who haven't perfected English grammar "Close the light" is a popular phrase around here. QNPoohBearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14941631487565237299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-77356477370732343702014-09-19T17:56:03.623-04:002014-09-19T17:56:03.623-04:00I've lived in SE Connecticut most of my life; ...I've lived in SE Connecticut most of my life; however, from 3rd-6th grades we lived in NC. Imagine the horror of returning "home"in 1962 and being criticized for dropping final "ing's"! So, I had a bit of the magnolia overlaid on the New England. My accent is still a little nasal (I had horrible T&A, which were removed when I was 4). So, I think I sound a bit New Yorkese at times.Julia Erganehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04613625453621934834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-21265546390169454062014-09-19T16:34:53.262-04:002014-09-19T16:34:53.262-04:00My mother hailed from Clinton, MA, so growing up h...My mother hailed from Clinton, MA, so growing up here in California I only heard "Wustah" accents. Imagine my surprise when I actually saw the word written down. Thanks for an unexpected memory of my mom! And I love your posts. Wouldn't miss a one.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-82695412408049185662014-09-19T16:27:28.642-04:002014-09-19T16:27:28.642-04:00Most interesting - hadn't ever thought about t...Most interesting - hadn't ever thought about the origins.Chttp://prinnystaylor.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-68747954123643172832014-09-19T11:58:14.832-04:002014-09-19T11:58:14.832-04:00I grew up in Summavull and lost my accent soon aft...I grew up in Summavull and lost my accent soon after moving away. It still comes back now and then which my California-born kids find endlessly entertaining. And it comes back wicked bad whenever I visit family in Boston. My wife's from the Midwest and doesn't think she has an accent, but she drinks pahp and thinks that "father" and "bother" rhyme, so what does she know?Mike Tierneynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-35140916722807047872014-09-19T10:00:14.657-04:002014-09-19T10:00:14.657-04:00I went to college in the Midwest where my classmat...I went to college in the Midwest where my classmates were amused by my New Yawk accent, and I was amused by their bizarre speech. They took all the Rs I dropped and stuck them into their words. I drank wawtuh and they drank warrterr.Lilhttp://lilmarek.indiemade.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-80410905173007613272014-09-19T08:27:09.842-04:002014-09-19T08:27:09.842-04:00I have lived in the Bawstin area all my life. My C...I have lived in the Bawstin area all my life. My Connecticut boyfriends makes fun of me and is constantly commenting on the fact that Quincy is pronounced Quinzee. It is all in good fun but I am proud of my accent.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06645996707101717652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-52143336076978933772014-09-19T08:13:44.335-04:002014-09-19T08:13:44.335-04:00Whadda's he mean "correct"? Who sez...Whadda's he mean "correct"? Who sez an accent is not "correct"?<br /><br />I'm tha proud posessah of a Roe Disland accent.<br /><br />I'm thinking of going off my diet. I may make a cabinet - have we got a pint of ice cream and sum milk?<br /><br />Want ta join me?: Or did jeet already?<br />Karen Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13306986336556283751noreply@blogger.com