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returntothepit >> discuss >> A New England question answered by Conservationist on Nov 23,2008 8:30am
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toggletoggle post by Conservationist  at Nov 23,2008 8:30am
In New England the tendency to drop the final "r" in words like "car" (non-rhoticity) is a South English linguistic development, and is traced to the East Anglia bias of the original Puritan settlers. This tendency is today strongest in the regions around Boston. Of course, this is probably the area where the Irish Catholics overwhelmed the Yankee Protestants to the greatest extent, showing the strength of FSE ("r" was kept longer, or, is, in Irish and Scottish English, making the illustration of FSE symmetrically persuasive in this case).

http://www.gnxp.com/blog/2008/11/yankees-irish-catholics-and-mccain-belt.php

Nillas, lol.



toggletoggle post by DaveFromTheGrave  at Nov 23,2008 9:09am
so?



toggletoggle post by pam   at Nov 23,2008 9:48am
DaveFromTheGrave said[orig][quote]
so?



toggletoggle post by AUTOPSY_666   at Nov 23,2008 9:55am
I have perfect pronunciation.



toggletoggle post by DaveFromTheGrave  at Nov 23,2008 10:27am
AUTOPSY_666 said[orig][quote]
I have perfect pronunciation.

so?



toggletoggle post by AUTOPSY_666   at Nov 23,2008 11:06am
So I don't drop my R's.

So there!



toggletoggle post by Paul CNV at Nov 23,2008 1:24pm
Ever hear ah Mainahhhh? Most people think that people came here for "religious freedom". Crock of shit... Most people came here because they were on a slave ship from England.



toggletoggle post by arilliusbm  at Nov 23,2008 7:11pm
I'm not too huge on the Boston accent. It somewhat annoys me at times. Most of the time I find it funny, though.



toggletoggle post by Doomkid   at Nov 23,2008 9:28pm
Paul%20CNV said[orig][quote]
Most people think that people came here for "religious freedom". Crock of shit... Most people came here because they were on a slave ship from England.


This is an erroneous statement, you need to clarify who(and when) you're trying to apply this "most" to.

While "most" people did not come here for religious freedom "most" definitely did not come from England, or even on a slave ship. Then again if you're lumping together the folks who came here in the late 19th, early and late 20th centuries to escape poverty, famine, oppressive regimes etc in their home countries I guess you could assert they came here to become slaves.



toggletoggle post by the_reverend   at Nov 23,2008 9:33pm
then why the hell do I say drah for drawer.



toggletoggle post by dreadkill  at Nov 23,2008 9:38pm
i think the boston accent is hilarious. i'd much rather hear someone say gamawnin' to me instead of good morning.it gets my day started with laughter.



toggletoggle post by ctB0rderpatrol at Nov 23,2008 11:25pm
my favorite masshole accented word is CAAAHHCKSUCKAAHHHH



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