The Boston accent. Linguists and locals alike agree that the iconic dropped "r" sound is disappearing. But to those who still have it, it’s more than a way of speaking; it’s the sound of home and a ...
News item: Per a recent story in the Boston Globe — even a sociolinguist from Dartmouth agreed after his quantitative study on the issue — the famed, fabled, fabulous Boston accent is slowly ...
From call-in radio shows to corner bars, the accent that defined Boston is losing ground. A Dartmouth linguist has research to prove it. The iconic dropped "r" sound is disappearing. But to those who ...
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