Boston Dialects

[Patti Kurtz]

And yes, I know how some of you feel about these kinds of e mails.  if
you don't choose to answer, you can just delete the message.  Just
thought I'd ask.

Patti



On 3/28/07, FRITZ JUENGLING <juengling_fritz at salkeiz.k12.or.us> wrote:
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> Poster:       FRITZ JUENGLING <juengling_fritz at SALKEIZ.K12.OR.US>
> Subject:      Re: Boston Dialects
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> uh oh.....
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> >>> tb5fab at GMAIL.COM 3/28/2007 1:56 PM >>>
> Hi everyone.  I have a student who's doing a research paper on the
> Boston
> dialect.  He's having trouble finding sources and I looked as well, but
> our
> library is a bit lacking.
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> So I was wondering:  could someone point us to either a scholar in
> that
> field or a really good source or two that would be a good starting
> point?
> Or is that too narrow of a topic for a paper?  Would he be better to
> broaden
> it to New England dialects?
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> Not trying to get anyone to do the research for him, just seeing if we
> can
> get a handle on a starting point, a name or two perhaps.  Thanks.
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> Patti Kurtz
> Minot State University
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