Statements (57)
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gptkb:dialect
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Boston accent
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distinctive vocabulary
non-rhoticity cot–caught merger 'Harvard' pronounced as 'Hahvahd' 'bang a left' for turn left 'bang a right' for turn right 'bang a uey' for make a U-turn 'broad a' in words like 'bath' 'bubbler' for drinking fountain 'bubbler' for water fountain 'car' pronounced as 'cah' 'carriage' for shopping cart 'cellar' for basement 'chowder' pronounced as 'chowdah' 'clicker' for remote control 'down cellar' for basement 'dungarees' for jeans 'elastic' for rubber band 'frappe' for milkshake 'grinder' for sandwich 'idea' pronounced as 'idear' 'jimmies' for chocolate sprinkles 'no r' at end of words 'packie run' for liquor store trip 'packie' for liquor store 'park' pronounced as 'pahk' 'parlor' for living room 'pie' for pizza 'pissa' for excellent 'r' added to words ending in vowels 'r' dropping 'rotary' for roundabout 'rotary' for traffic circle 'soda' called 'tonic' 'spa' for corner store 'supper' for dinner 'the T' for subway 'tonic' for carbonated beverage 'tonic' for soda 'tonic' for soft drink 'triple decker' for three-family house 'wicked' as adverb 'wicked' as intensifier broad a fronted 'o' vowels intrusive 'r' short a raising |
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Boston English
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English
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gptkb:Northeastern_United_States
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gptkb:Boston
gptkb:New_England gptkb:Eastern_Massachusetts |
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gptkb:North_American_English
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