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lanlady

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12. My grandmother's old New England accent

Reply to Odin2005 (Original post)

Sat May 9, 2020, 02:16 PM

May 2020

Dropping "r's" where they were supposed to be and putting them in where they had no business being. Her prayers would start with something that sounded like "lawd gurd." I'd laugh and say grandma, is god a squash?

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What is your favorite American English dialect? [View all] Odin2005 Jan 2012 OP

I think most accents are interesting RZM Jan 2012 #1

Me too.. so much so that I almost joined the American Dialect Society whathehell Sep 2012 #7

I like the southern dialects. kag Jan 2012 #2

I don't like the South's politics TigerToMany Jan 2012 #4

I grew up with that north Texas twang (in Dallas). I no longer have an accent, tho. CTyankee Jun 2012 #6

Southern lazarus Jan 2012 #3

Also Hollywood usually portrays Southerners as being dumb as rocks. raccoon Jan 2012 #5

Great Lakes accent. geardaddy Oct 2012 #8

New York, definitely. nt valerief Jan 2013 #9

"The pure American English is spoken in Boston, and perhaps as far as Watertown" (nt) Recursion Jan 2013 #10

My favourite English Dialect RAFREE Dec 2013 #11

My grandmother's old New England accent lanlady May 2020 #12

We really don't have dialects in American English. PoindexterOglethorpe May 2020 #13

Boston Accent (movie trailer) Drum Mar 2021 #14

I'd argue that English doesn't really have dialects. PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 2021 #15

Creole nt spooky3 Oct 2021 #16