To: stonehouse01
'Boston's is not a accent.
It is a slang similar to ebonics.
I was up there two years and found a way to make the most die hard southie speak perfect English.
I have offended MA FReepers with this.
14 posted on
05/15/2019 4:13:17 AM PDT by
Deaf Smith
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To: Deaf Smith
It IS an accent, as such. But, as you state, there are slang terms that are peculiar to around here.
Tonic, for example.
22 posted on
05/15/2019 4:26:41 AM PDT by
DickBrannigan
("And the fact that I haven't put a gun in my mouth, you pudding of a woman, makes me a winner!")
To: Deaf Smith
You'll hafta' tell the story .
What was the peh(r)fict English you made a "die hahd southie" say ?
32 posted on
05/15/2019 4:35:30 AM PDT by
knarf
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To: Deaf Smith
Someone wrote that the rise of the Boston accent was because Irish parents were inebriated most of the time and the drunken manner of speaking in the household was passed on to their offspring.
41 posted on
05/15/2019 4:43:16 AM PDT by
Scarpetta
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