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Wait, they speak Boston English in Wellesley?


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They think they're just like Matt Damon.

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The 'bumpah-off' combination obviously doesn't work. Were you not paying attention when your teacher went over the rules about linking, non-obtrusive 'R's?

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Definitely classist.

"Let's make fun of how the 'common folk' talk as a joke."

I doubt they'd make fun of poor people of another race like that.

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I have met plenty of people living in the Back Bay or West Rox, or driving Lexi or Jags around town, who speak with thick Boston accents. They aren't typical, but they're not unicorns either.

Pretty sure the humor there is intended to be taken as inclusive.

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Interestingly enough, a major place to find heavy Boston accents are suburban places on the North Shore like Lynnfield, Saugus and Peabody where people from East Boston moved to in the 70s and 80s when they got a few bucks or as part of the "white flight" that took place. Likewise in places on the South Shore like Milton and Braintree when people from Dorchester did the same. At the same time as more transplants and immigrants move into Boston itself, the "Boston accent" as such becomes sparser there. An interesting phenomenon.

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Obviously, I thought the sign was funny, but, kid, please!

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"Mind the curb," perhaps with some silly affectation at the end like "no?"

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