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Blue Line needs a prayer: Wire trouble in Revere

The MBTA reports the Blue Line went into bustitution mode after some wires came down between Revere Beach and Beachmont shortly before 2:45 p.m.

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It only works if you don't have a Boston accent. Yes, I'm ashamed of that, but there's another story I need to finish and didn't have the time to do better.

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What accent is this supposed to work for? I don’t have a Boston accent and it doesn’t work for me either.

(I’m asking out of curiosity, not complaint.)

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Harried Reporterese, I think.

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If it works for any accent, I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say it's, appropriately, the North Shore accent. A friend of mine who grew up on the North Shore claims she can't hear, or pronounce, the difference between "here" and "hair", or "beer" and "bear". Which led one time to her husband wondering why she was reading her kids the story of Goldilocks and the 3 Beers.

I live on the North Shore and can definitely hear this, but I'm not sure I've ever heard "prayer" pronounced "preer". I'll ask around.. maybe next time I'm stuck on the Blue Line.

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Somebody actually complained about your headline?

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Rivoire.

That would have messed up more than Adams headline.

What rhymes with Rivoire?

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Bizahhh
Cahhh
Stahhh
Fahhh

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.. and you're already struggling to come up with T meltdown rhymes, that's a really bad sign.

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That sounds both highfallutin and amusing to one's inner 12 year old.

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Blue Line truly Green Line's peer: wire trouble in Revere

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