"Connecticut accent" in the Times

[Wilson Gray]

  ''But some people don't want to lose their accent because it defines
who they are. It depends
on how important it is to someone.''

Well, this part seems relatively reasonable. I once asked Peter
Ladefoged how he managed to retain his "English" accent, despite
decades of living in the States. He replied to this effect, "Well, I
don't identify with Americans."

-Wilson Gray

P.S. Now that I've dropped one name, I may as well drop another and say
that it was Charles-James Bailey who asked me about the implosive /b/
of BE. -WG