[Deaf Smith]

Give a MA native something to read out loud. Be sure to not let them proof read it first. They will use all the letters of the alphabet, including the letter R.

When you do this to them, they get mad that you broke them.

[knarf]

They were "broke" before you handed them the paper.

I've been gone since 72 or 3 and I still have my accent .... not as pronounced, but it's there.

I've read aloud many times and there are always comments about my accent and I'm never aware of it.

It's just there.

If a native Bostonian speaks in what you call clear English, he or she worked at developing that.

It's natural to say ahnt and unnatural to say ant

To us, it's natural to say cahn't, bahth, Satidy, cah and all the etcetera's we all love.

But hey .... wadoIknow .... I'm jus' a dum retihed truck drivah.