Posted on 03/03/2022 6:02:54 AM PST by billorites
The Boston accent was ranked as the most annoying in the U.S., according to a new survey, but it also ranked among the top 10 smartest and sexiest.
Preply, a Brookline-based online language learning platform, took a survey of more than 1,700 people across the country on the most loved and hated accents. The Boston accent came out on top as the most annoying, followed by the Midwestern accent.
When it comes to the sexiest accent, Boston ranked number six out of 10. The top spot was taken by the southern accent.
Boston also came in sixth place for the most trustworthy accent. The Midwestern accent took the number one spot for trustworthiness.
Bostonians scored higher for sounding smart, coming in at number four, with the New York accent taking the top spot.
Oh, my—thanks for that explanation of the Welsh language. Up to now I’ve not even bothered to sound it out when just looking at it in print, probably because as you clarified, the “y” is considered a vowel—I did not realize that even though I once lived near Bala Cynwyd, PA—now your explanation makes sense.
That could be, my relatives in Schenectady have no hint of the NYC in their speech. It is unique, as different as it gets within one state.
Peebiddy. You have a problem with that?
What’s this letter AH?
Yeah I did have that a problem with that.
Interstate commerce where my business needed a correct house address and the natives there were not willing to give a clear, valid address for services they asked of my business.
Note also that “Mass” Ave did not show up on any map program at that time.
Also when we started the service area of Eastern Massachusetts in ‘98, I had to tell my office staff not guess that they were speaking to a male when calls from those area codes came in.
The Baaaaahstahn accent is easily THE most disgusting and annoying in the entire English speaking world.
I speak in the “Quincy Point” variant which is distinct from the South Boston original.
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