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A Boston accent is a local accent of Eastern New England English, native specifically to the city of Boston and its suburbs. Northeastern New England English is classified as traditionally including New Hampshire , Maine , and all of eastern Massachusetts , while some uniquely local vocabulary appears only around Boston.
Boston accent Cajun English California English Chicano English General American [16] [17] [9] Inland Northern American English Miami accent Transatlantic accent New York accent Philadelphia accent Southern American English Brummie [18] Southern England English Northern England English RP Ulster English West & South-West Irish English Dublin English
Regional dialects in North America are historically the most strongly differentiated along the Eastern seaboard, due to distinctive speech patterns of urban centers of the American East Coast like Boston, New York City, and certain Southern cities, all of these accents historically noted by their London-like r-dropping (called non-rhoticity), a feature gradually receding among younger ...
New England English is, collectively, the various distinct dialects and varieties of American English originating in the New England area. [1] [2] Most of eastern and central New England once spoke the "Yankee dialect", some of whose accent features still remain in Eastern New England today, such as "R-dropping" (though this and other features are now receding among younger speakers). [3]
People described as having a cultivated New England accent or "Boston Brahmin accent" include Henry Cabot Lodge, [45] Charles Eliot Norton, [46] Samuel Eliot Morison, [47] Harry Crosby, [48] John Brooks Wheelwright, [49] George C. Homans, [50] Elliot Richardson, [51] George Plimpton (though he was actually a lifelong member of the New York City ...
Mel King – "he has the soft Rs of a deep Boston accent" [54] Lyndon LaRouche – "a cultivated New England accent" [55] Christy Mihos – "speaks unpretentiously in a variation of a Boston accent, and drops the 'g' in words like talking or running." [56] Brian and Jim Moran – "The Moran brothers share an unmistakable Massachusetts accent" [57]
"hearing chris evans’ boston accent come out makes me.. feel things"
The sound system of New York City English is popularly known as a New York accent. The accent of the New York metropolitan area is one of the most recognizable in the United States , largely due to its popular stereotypes and portrayal in radio, film, and television.