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New site? Maybe some day.
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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.
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I have perfect pronunciation. |
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I have perfect pronunciation. |
so? |
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So I don't drop my R's.
So there! |
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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.
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I'm not too huge on the Boston accent. It somewhat annoys me at times. Most of the time I find it funny, though. |
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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. |
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then why the hell do I say drah for drawer. |
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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. |
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my favorite masshole accented word is CAAAHHCKSUCKAAHHHH |
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