Results tagged “bostonaccent”

• Edaville Railroad in Carver is for sale and could close if the owners can't find a buyer. [Brockton Enterprise]

• Haverhill is opposed to plans to tear down the St. Gregory The Illuminator Armenian Apostolic Church and replace it with a Burger King. [Eagle Tribune]

A beautiful example of a Boston accent, much more authentic than Julianne Moore's grating 30 Rock persona. [Car Keys or Khakis, via UHub] more ›

Our own Dante Alighieri Society hasn't reported on it, but Italy's Societa Dante Alighieri has declared several English words ugly. Among the Italians' least favorite words are weekend, welfare, OK, briefing, mission, know how, shampoo, and cool. Many of these words have been adopted by Italians, and the Society sees English as corrupting the beauty of the Italian language. Just wait until they hear these words spoken in a Boston accent. more ›