"Connecticut accent" in the Times

[Wilson Gray]

On Sep 9, 2004, at 2:14 PM, Charles Jones wrote:

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> Laurence Horn wrote:
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> Bostonians and New Yorkers also pronounce their ''o's'' and ''a's''
> differently from each other and from Connecticut.
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>   Ms. MacKenzie said ''forest'' and ''orange'' are pronounced FORE-ist
> and OR-inge in Connecticut, but as FAR-ist and ARE-inge in New York.
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> I knew a gentleman from Louisiana that pronounced his o's and a's very
> much like
> that of these described in NY.  It seems unlikely to me that these
> pronunciations would be similar at all.
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FAR-ist and Are-inge in New YARk?! That's sounds like my St. Louis
accent!

-Wilson Gray

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