That's wicked retahded.

Heard that this morning on NPR. I guess there's no limit to what random useless thing somebody will choose to study.

Pissah!

Fahken tahds.

Faahgettabaahtid!!

Isn't that the truth! Boston is THE WORST accent!! Makes me want to hit the person...worse than nails on a chalkboard.

Infants recognize the voices of those people the pregnant mother has spent time around. Duh.

/not tryin' to roll blackball on you

I just wanted a reason to post his smokin hot wife.

Growing up in the suburbs of boston, i may be used to the accent, but damnit, southern, texas accents make me want to punch the person for speaking

That's reTAHded.

No, it's not the whole accent that it starts to pick up, just inflections and pitches common to a particular language. The whole Massachusetts "r" impediment wouldn't come into play at all.

glassa: Isn't that the truth! Working class Boston is THE WORST accent!! Makes me want to hit the person...worse than nails on a chalkboard.

FTFY

nekom: Heard that this morning on NPR. I guess there's no limit to what random useless thing somebody will choose to study.

Linguists might disagree on what "useless" is here. First language acquisition is a very active field, and affects various practical things like speech therapy and second language acquisition (which in turn goes into language pedagogy) as well as neurolinguistics which can help with therapy for people with aphasia.
It's interesting to see how far back it actually goes, I knew that within a few months (I think three) of birth, babies stop differentiating between all sounds and have keyed in on the native speech sounds. I didn't know they were doing it from inside.

or Chicago.

char_boy: glassa: Isn't that the truth! Working class Boston is THE WORST accent!! Makes me want to hit the person...worse than nails on a chalkboard.

FTFY

Outside of Boston nobody can tell the difference.

wyrlss: I knew that within a few months (I think three) of birth, babies stop differentiating between all sounds and have keyed in on the native speech sounds. I didn't know they were doing it from inside.

Wouldn't that mean that they've started to differentiate between sounds?

/interested to see what the pro-lifers do with this

char_boy: glassa: Isn't that the truth! Working class Boston is THE WORST accent!! Makes me want to hit the person...worse than nails on a chalkboard.

FTFY

This. Education will take that accent right out of you. Exposure to alcohol will bring it right back, though. At least, this has been my experience.

Knew a girl from Boston who's name was Arline. Took us six months to find out that her name was not "Ollie".

DIGITALgimpus: char_boy: glassa: Isn't that the truth! Working class Boston is THE WORST accent!! Makes me want to hit the person...worse than nails on a chalkboard.

FTFY

Outside of Boston nobody can tell the difference.

And nobody cares to know the difference. Fark your Harvard Yard.

Hey, I'll come right out and admit it. I find accents fascinating.

That said, there's really not that much I can do about it, though.

That's funny, I thought they had no hope because they were in... Boston.

Millennium: wyrlss: I knew that within a few months (I think three) of birth, babies stop differentiating between all sounds and have keyed in on the native speech sounds. I didn't know they were doing it from inside.

Wouldn't that mean that they've started to differentiate between sounds?

/interested to see what the pro-lifers do with this

I'm not.

submitted by someone who has never been to upstate Maine.
Jesus Christ Jesum Crow! Is that even considered english?

glassa: Isn't that the truth! Boston is THE WORST accent!! Makes me want to hit the person...worse than nails on a chalkboard.

Try hanging out in RI... you'll feel happier about the Bostonians.

/RI has the strongest/worst accents of the region
//Caused by the concentration on the Island over the centuries

It'll suck if your mother speaks like this (new window).

/Also
//Britney Spears has just ruined the lives of her kids
///And not just the accent

Pump_ThePurpleWarrior: That's funny, I thought they had no hope because they were in... Boston.

Yeah-- poor us. Best schools and hospitals, rich in history, entertaining sports teams, located on the coast... nothing going for us up here, no sir.

nekom: Heard that this morning on NPR. I guess there's no limit to what random useless thing somebody will choose to study.

Yeah, language acquisition is completely farking useless. Never mind that apart from the impact it has in linguistics and language teaching, it's also one of the best way to find out how the brain works and learns.

Let me guess, you're an engineer?

glassa: Isn't that the truth! Boston is THE WORST accent!! Makes me want to hit the person...worse than nails on a chalkboard.

The Boston accent is bad, but Minnesota's is worse.

Millennium: wyrlss: I knew that within a few months (I think three) of birth, babies stop differentiating between all sounds and have keyed in on the native speech sounds. I didn't know they were doing it from inside.

Wouldn't that mean that they've started to differentiate between sounds?

/interested to see what the pro-lifers do with this

Depends on your perspective. If you and I can't tell the difference between an aspirated and unaspirated [p] and a Hindi speaker can, and you and I can tell the difference between [l] and [r] and a Korean speaker can't, but a baby can tell the difference between all four sounds, who's not differentiating?

The best Boston accents are actually found in South Portland, Maine. I have been there and gotten into a cah to go down and get a rack a bea. I sar what you did thea. Cuber.

Since I was conceived in a test tube that means I speak like a robot, right?

FAHK U

THAT'S WICKED RETAHDED!

How come Arnold Schwarzenegger, despite living in the US for decades, still has such a strong access, but Madonna "acquired" a British (emphasis on the ish) accent 26 minutes after getting off the plane in London?

wyrlss: Linguists might disagree on what "useless" is here.

More fundamentally, how cognition works is far from understood and starting as early as possible is pushing the frontier.

I doubt this will get an IgNobel, but if it does, it will be one of the 'backhanded honor' ones, not one of the 'outright mockery' ones. Ignobel is all about the lulz really.

Bad_Seed Ah, just read your post, same point my bad.

glassa: Isn't that the truth! Boston is THE WORST accent!! Makes me want to hit the person...worse than nails on a chalkboard.

I rather like the Boston accent, I have some family that sport it.

lukelightning: How come Arnold Schwarzenegger, despite living in the US for decades, still has such a strong access, but Madonna "acquired" a British (emphasis on the ish) accent 26 minutes after getting off the plane in London?

She's a whore. Even for accents.

lukelightning: still has such a strong access

Of course, I meant to say "accent". Dammnit, in my mocking of how others speak, I have inadvertently revealed my own deficencees... deficancies...defficiencies... stupidness.

/I will read the thread before I post
/I will read the thread before I post
/I will read the thread before I post

It's still wicked retahded!

DIGITALgimpus: char_boy: glassa: Isn't that the truth! Working class Boston is THE WORST accent!! Makes me want to hit the person...worse than nails on a chalkboard.

FTFY

Outside of Boston nobody can tell the difference.

I don't have an accent. Neither does my mother or one of my brothers. My other brother and my father both do.

A strong Boston makes you sound stupid.

Born in Boston and moved to Santa Barbara, Calif when I was 4 years old.

Two years of speech therapy to learn how to pronounce "R". Thanks Boston.

what_now: A strong Boston makes you sound stupid.

and accidentally your whole post makes you ACTUALLY stupid.

/slinks off.

wyrlss: nekom: Heard that this morning on NPR. I guess there's no limit to what random useless thing somebody will choose to study.

Linguists might disagree on what "useless" is here. First language acquisition is a very active field, and affects various practical things like speech therapy and second language acquisition (which in turn goes into language pedagogy) as well as neurolinguistics which can help with therapy for people with aphasia.
It's interesting to see how far back it actually goes, I knew that within a few months (I think three) of birth, babies stop differentiating between all sounds and have keyed in on the native speech sounds. I didn't know they were doing it from inside.

Tangent, but I always found it interesting that I can clearly understand my mother who has a heavy Caribbean accent, and my father who has a heavy New York/Italian accent, but when it comes to their respective brothers, sisters, etc I'm all, lolwat?
I know I know, cool story bro, but I'm somewhat fascinated by language acquisition, linguistics, etc etc.

Blogarhythm: Two years of speech therapy to learn how to pronounce "R". Thanks Boston.

Honestly, it sounds like you were just slow. I was born and raised here, work in downtown, and all it took was normal education for me to shed the lazy way of speaking.

someone gwab foahty dollihs offa madressah, rundown the packy angit me a cottona mahbrohze. befoah thi pats ah on...

WTF Indeed: Chicago


...claims that midwesterners have no accent at all, and professes his love for Da Bulls and, of course, DA BEARS.

I used to work with a young lady who was stunning, absolutely gorgeous. A beautiful latin girl with the most amazing body... and a HIDEOUS, very pronounced Boston accent. Every time she spoke it... it kinda ruined a little of the magic.

lukelightning: How come Arnold Schwarzenegger, despite living in the US for decades, still has such a strong access, but Madonna "acquired" a British (emphasis on the ish) accent 26 minutes after getting off the plane in London?

Because English is her native language and Austrian is Arnold's. It's the same reason why my friend from MD now says, "wicked" since he moved to Boston. You start talking like the people around you.

MilitaryTigger: /RI has the strongest/worst accents of the region

"Dwive to Woonsocket??? Dat's too fah!"

Subby can pahk his cah in hahvahd yahd.