I haven't been to Boston in 15 years, but I remember it having two very distinct accents when I was there.
There was the very Bostonian Irish accent with rolling R and very soft H. My mother always said Kennedy had it, but I can't pick that up in recordings apart from the use of lots of adverbs and a general flair for speaking.
The other is distinctly WASPish. It's the New England received pronunciation style. It's more Yankee.
There was the very Bostonian Irish accent with rolling R and very soft H. My mother always said Kennedy had it, but I can't pick that up in recordings apart from the use of lots of adverbs and a general flair for speaking.
The other is distinctly WASPish. It's the New England received pronunciation style. It's more Yankee.