Boston Accent
The Boston dialect is the dialect characteristic of English spoken in the city of Boston and much of eastern Massachusetts. Sociolinguists frequently group these regions with Rhode Island and eastern Connecticut to form the Eastern New England dialect region.
The best-known features of the Boston accent are non-rhoticity and broad A. It is most prominent in often traditionally Irish or Italian Boston neighborhoods and surrounding cities and towns.
Read more about Boston Accent: Phonological Characteristics, Non-rhoticity Elsewhere in The New England Area, Use in Media, Well-known Speakers Of/with The Boston Accent, Lexicon
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