Date:  Tue, 31 Jan 1995 17:18:52 -0600

From:  "Timothy C. Frazer" <mftcf[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]UXA.ECN.BGU.EDU>

Subject: Re: Boston accent



On Tue, 31 Jan 1995, Donald M. Lance wrote:



> Yes, Phil the Italian was from the North End in "American Tongues," but

> there were also interviews with speakers from South Boston (this would've

> been the Irish speaker) and from Dorchester. In the original version,

> about 65 minutes in length, there were more Bostonians, the whole set

> of speakers that are shown in the checkerboard montage near the end. The

> 55-minute version cut out the 'brahmin' speakers, whose dulcet tones can

> be distinguished in that final montage. Anyone looking for "the" Boston

> accent is not gonna find it>



               DMLance

>

Huh? The version I use has the two brahmins sitting in a library arguing

about Dickens and jane Austen.



Tim