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ZaphodG t1_j23ee70 wrote

Reply to comment by buttseason in How many of you actually have the Boston accent? by MrMeanBean75

I’ve tried that experiment. In conference rooms around the country in business meetings, I’m occasionally asked where I’m from. I always ask people to guess. I usually get California or Seattle. Nope. Masshole born in New Behfuh where everyone talks like Emeril LaGasse. You can tell where I’m from by the slang, not the accent. Water bubbler. Rotary. Package store. Frappe. The shellfish is pronounced SKALL-ups.

I wasn’t allowed to have the local accent growing up and was immediately corrected by my mother. I speak “newscaster”.

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Not_Discordia t1_j23o7qx wrote

Omg same hahaha re: mom correcting me. She is from central MA and my dads fam is New Bedford and have accents. I disappoint people from out of state when we meet with my generic accent.

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rattiestthatuknow t1_j27byjf wrote

Same, no accent but it’s vocabulary/sayings and consistent shit giving regardless to who you talking to.

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