I think you have to throw some Irish in as well, Chris. A whole mess of
them came to Boston and stayed. <g>
There is a book, and I can't recall the title, that traces the various
American accents back to their European origins. Most of them go back to
some form of UK Speak, naturally.
--Bob Whitmire
Certified Neanderthal
On Sat, Aug 1, 2015 at 11:43 AM, ChrisB <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Isn’t that something! I’d love to hear that accent, and to understand how
> it came about. I suppose that it might have been a holdover from the
> emigration from Britain or Ireland, but I wonder if there were any other
> influences.
>
> By the way, Chuck, the real (OK, the original) Taunton is in Somerset,
> England. I went to school near there and my son and his family now have a
> house there :-)
>
> Chris
>
> > On 1 Aug 2015, at 15:10, Bob Whitmire <fujixbob@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > Yessah!
> >
> > --Bob Whitmire
> > Certified Neanderthal
> >
> >
> > On Sat, Aug 1, 2015 at 9:21 AM, Chuck Norcutt <
> chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> wrote:
> >
> >> As in: "Pahk the cah in hahvahd yahd".
>
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