My home, south of Baahston
A little drive but not too faah
Right near the canal
On Cape Caahd
I drive a truck now
But I used to drive a caah
These days I have a garaahge
So I don’t paahk in the yaahd
I’m not much of a drinker
So you won’t find me at the baah
I belong to a caah club
Where you’ll hear lots of oohs and aahs
Some years ago
I had my aahs handed back to me
I asked where I could find a caah wash
They thought I said a cow wash
Yeah, we might have
A Baahston accent
Though we don’t notice it
The absent of aah aahs
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Many sheep in Baahston?! A fine write AP.
Nah, they live in the country where they just say baaah baaah. Thanks aahchi.
A great and enjoyable read AP!
Thanks Christina.
Gave me a smile - we have so many regional variations here in the UK it gets quite confusing at times - Me? I speak Received Pronunciation (RP) don't you know !!
Thanks Michael. I didn't know you had regional variations in the UK. But I can tell the difference between UK and Australian accents. Love them both.
Irish and Scottish are easily distinguishable as are Liverpool, Birmingham and North East = but there are so many others beside. Actually us snobs who speak RP would argue that we don't have an accent - it's the pronunciation against which others are judged. The mantra being:
We are English
We speak English
We don't have an accent.
🙂 🙂 🙂
Well, I love the lack of your accent.
And I love yours - it's a long time now since I visited Baahstun - would love to repeat the experience - great place.
While I can't take the credit, I very much appreciate your compliment.
AP,
I will never forget the time I was in NYC. Two nuns approached me and one of them asked me where they could take the AHAH! I said, “Excuse me Sister, what did you say?” She repeated the question. I still didn’t understand! I asked, “What are you looking for?” She responded, “Where is the station where we can take the AHAH to go to Brooklyn ?” “Ohhh, you mean the RR train,” I said! She responded, “Yes, that’s what I said...the AHAH train!” 🤣...and yes, they were from Baahstun!!
~Laura~
Yes, we tend to drop our Rs, no idea why. But I do find it funny and interesting of how people from other areas react to our accent. Funny thing is we don't even really notice it usually.
You’re absolutely right! When I visited Australia, I made a comment about their accent! I told them how much I liked it! They responded with, “We don’t have an accent. You’re the one with the accent!”
hahaha, great reply.
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Good write AP, accents can be wonderful.
Thanks Andy. Yes, accents can be very interesting.
Well as for me, I just love the Boston accent...... it screams Yankee to me and that's just fine....... the South might be warm and it's has it's accents but Boston goes back to our beginnings.......Men of the Sea and Dump the Tea!
Yes, we drop our Rs for some reason, don't know how it got started. But personally, I love the southern and mid-western drawls best. And yes, we did dump the tea. I wonder how the fish liked it. Thanks for reading and your comment.
Well come to think of it - now that you mention........ the old cowboy accents did get to me too............ Men of Prairies and thank you ma'am.............. life runs like a movie to me.............
Lights, Camera and ACTION!
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