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Our pastor is originally from the Boston area, but has lived outside of Boston for around 40 years now. Still, his Boston roots are obvious each time he opens his mouth. For example, in this morning's sermon, he literally said, without any reference to the old saw, "pahk the cah." Nobody even noticed. Then he got to an example that caused some confusion. He talked about a man who had written on the board behind him "Every morning is the dawn of a new error." The congregation laughed. He looked a little confused by the laughter, then apologized for his Boston accent. "For all you non-Bostonians, what I meant to say is 'Every morning is the dawn of a new era.'"
I think I prefer the misunderstood quotation.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but the appearance of the r sound after a vowel in final position is a kind of R intrusion. When I look up R intrusion, I find it is well documented when the word is followed by another vowel, but I'm having trouble finding mention of it in this final position. In my experience, it happens also quite often when the word is spoken in isolation, before a pause, or at the end of a sentence.
Who are those women?
- They are Anner and Jane.
Which one is the blonde?
- That's Anner.
I suppose I should have written "error" as "erar" or "erer" but I heard it as "error" and that spelling makes for better story telling.
One time at my local school in Missouri, Halfway R-3 Schools, a young teacher wanted to have a student tested for possible inclusion into a speech therapy program. The experienced elementary principal told her to go talk to the child's mother before testing him. Finally, the teacher visted with the child's mother and relented on the testing request; the child's mother was from the Boston area. His speech pattern was not pathological; it was learned.
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