I was at Outward Bound in Maine in 1966 with a kid born and raised in
Scotland until age 11, whereupon he and his family moved to Charlestown,
MA. The lad was what I call less than intelligible, especially when
excited. <g>
--Bob Whitmire
Certified Neanderthal
On Sat, Aug 1, 2015 at 10:02 AM, Chuck Norcutt <
chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> My father was born in 1921 in Taunton, Massachusetts, about 40 miles south
> of Boston. It has very much the same dialect. He left home in 1940 to
> join the Army Air Corps and, with the exception of a few short visits, has
> not been back there since. Most of his life has actually been spent in
> Michigan, California and Nevada. Today, at age 94, there is still no doubt
> about where he grew up.
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
>
> On 8/1/2015 9:40 AM, ChrisB wrote:
>
>> I was very surprised when I first heard JFK speak on TV. I thought that
>> something had gone wrong with his American accent :-)
>>
>> Chris
>>
>>> On 1 Aug 2015, at 14:21, Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> As in: "Pahk the cah in hahvahd yahd".
>>>
>>
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