The Boston accent is found not only in the city of Boston, Massachusetts itself, but also much of eastern Massachusetts. The Boston accent and closely related accents can be heard commonly in an area stretching into much of Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Maine. These regions are frequently grouped together with Rhode Island by sociolinguists under the cover term Eastern New England accent. The best-known features of the Boston accent are non-rhoticity and broad A.

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  • The Boston accent is found not only in the city of Boston, Massachusetts itself, but also much of eastern Massachusetts. The Boston accent and closely related accents can be heard commonly in an area stretching into much of Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Maine. These regions are frequently grouped together with Rhode Island by sociolinguists under the cover term Eastern New England accent. The best-known features of the Boston accent are non-rhoticity and broad A. It is most prominent in blue collar—and often traditionally Irish or Italian—Boston neighborhoods, such as Charlestown, South Boston, West Roxbury, Dorchester, East Boston and Brighton, as well as in nearby cities such as Somerville, Revere, Saugus, Woburn, and Medford. The accent is also quite prevalent in the South Shore suburbs, as well as working-class cities throughout the Greater Boston area, such as Quincy, Lowell, Dracut, Lynn, Brockton, Worcester, and Haverhill. The accent this article covers should not be confused with the Boston Brahmin accent.
  • L'anglais de Boston (Boston English) est une variation régionale de l'anglais parlé à Boston mais également dans tout l'est du Massachusetts. L'accent de Boston ressemble fortement aux accents du Rhode Island, du New Hampshire, du sud du Maine et de l'est du Connecticut. Ces régions sont souvent regroupées par les sociolinguistes sous le nom d’« accent de l'est de la Nouvelle-Angleterre » (Eastern New England accent). Une des locuteurs les plus connus de l'anglais de Boston est probablement le président John Fitzgerald Kennedy, né à Brookline dans la banlieue de Boston. Les principales caractéristiques de l'accent de Boston sont le "r" non-rhotique et le broad A.
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  • The Boston accent is found not only in the city of Boston, Massachusetts itself, but also much of eastern Massachusetts. The Boston accent and closely related accents can be heard commonly in an area stretching into much of Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Maine. These regions are frequently grouped together with Rhode Island by sociolinguists under the cover term Eastern New England accent. The best-known features of the Boston accent are non-rhoticity and broad A.
  • L'anglais de Boston (Boston English) est une variation régionale de l'anglais parlé à Boston mais également dans tout l'est du Massachusetts. L'accent de Boston ressemble fortement aux accents du Rhode Island, du New Hampshire, du sud du Maine et de l'est du Connecticut. Ces régions sont souvent regroupées par les sociolinguistes sous le nom d’« accent de l'est de la Nouvelle-Angleterre » (Eastern New England accent).
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  • Boston accent
  • Anglais de Boston
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