Whatever happened to our neologizers-in-chief? - column in Boston Globe (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Mullins, Bill AMRDEC]

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In the article, Ben says: "Since 18th-century New Englanders were
already dropping their r's, "corcas" would have been pronounced the same
as "caucus." "

Is this (spelling evolution corcas => caucus) the evidence for how NE
pronounced things?  Or did people describe accents in print? (I've never
seen such, but that is more a sign of my limits than anything else).



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> Ben Zimmer's latest excellent column in the Boston Globe discusses
Paul
> Dickson's "Words from the White House". Ben asks "Whatever happened to
> our neologizers-in-chief?" He kindly acknowledges the American Dialect
> Society's mailing list and Garson O'Toole. Thanks Ben!
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> Boston Globe  January 20, 2013
> All the president's words
> Whatever happened to our neologizers-in-chief?
> By Ben Zimmer
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> http://b.globe.com/preswords
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> (Boston Globe restricts access and I am not sure which link is best.
> The link above was used by Ben in a Google Plus message.)
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