Boston Dialects

[Patti Kurtz]

Thanks, Fritz!

(I'd like to see you dance in a pink tutu, BTW!)

Patti



On 3/28/07, FRITZ JUENGLING <juengling_fritz at salkeiz.k12.or.us> wrote:
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> Patti,
> Personally, I'm not bothered by these emails at all--I welcome them;
> and I'd dance on the table in a pink tutu if it would help students out.
> I was just getting you ready for a replay of that ridiculous exchange
> that we had a few weeks ago.
> I don't know anything about Boston dialects, but for New England speech
> of days gone by, check out Anders Orbeck _Early New England
> Pronunciation_  and Hans Kurath _Linguistic Atlas of New England_  and
> its spinoff publications.
> Good luck,
> Fritz J
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> >>> tb5fab at GMAIL.COM 3/28/2007 2:50 PM >>>
> 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
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> On 3/28/07, FRITZ JUENGLING <juengling_fritz at salkeiz.k12.or.us> wrote:
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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.
> >
> > 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?
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > Patti Kurtz
> > Minot State University
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