swamp yankee

[Eric Nielsen]

On Sun, Feb 6, 2011 at 11:13 AM, Paul Johnston <paul.johnston at wmich.edu>wrote:

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> I've heard it to extend to Southeastern Massachusetts too, as well as to
> the distinctive dialect of the area.  A guy I went to college with, from New
> Bedford, said he "spoke Swamp Yankee".
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> Paul Johnston
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And into S.E. Connecticut, too. Not sure whether the "swamp" refers to the
kind of swamp that Joel refers to in his King Philip's War
research or the tidal marshes of the coastal estuaries.

Eric

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