How do you say "barn"?

[Baker, John]

        I read the characterization of "his theory" to be the reporter's,
not necessarily Connolly's.

John Baker


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dennis R. Preston [SMTP:preston at PILOT.MSU.EDU]
> Sent: Monday, September 24, 2001 6:39 PM
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> Subject:      Re: How do you say "barn"?
>
> We've got to assume Connolly has not seen American Tongues? Or he
> would have known that his "theory" was propounded a long time ago.
>
> dInIs
>
> >A discussion of Boston accents from the Boston Globe:
> >
> >http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/252/metro/How_do_you_say_Barn_+.shtml
> >
> >Connolly tested his theory last weekend while roaming Fenway Park, which
> he
> >called possibly the best dialect laboratory in the city. In the stands
> >before a game, Connolly found examples of what he described as four major
> >strains of Boston speech.
> >
>