Date: Sat, 28 Jan 1995 16:13:27 -0600

From: Daniel S Goodman dsg[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]MAROON.TC.UMN.EDU

Subject: Boston accent



I'm looking for sources (written or recorded) on contemporary Boston

speech, for use by a fiction writer. The fictitious speakers are of

Irish ancestry; they are probably fairly low-level professional

criminals, whose work involves physical intimidation.



Dan Goodman dsg[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]maroon.tc.umn.edu