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Originally Posted by modorney
No, I drink my wattah from a tumblah. 
There is a "test" (as in MMPI, MBTI, etc., ) that measures how many words you have spoken in life, up to that date - some linguist, or speech therapist here may be familiar with that test?. My college was into the psychology of engineering design, and that test was floating around. I grew up near Boston (in one of the Tonic Towns) and spoke few words. So, I lost my Boston accent quickly.
English has always been a fluid language, variations like Ebonics are frequent through history. |
hijack--I grew up outside of Boston too, but I've never heard the phrase Tonic Town. What towns does that refer to/what's the reference all about?
Generally, I don't speak with an accent (although both my parents do), but I was 24 before I realized that people in the rest of the country didn't know what a bubbler (pronounced 'bubblah') was
ps, I'm with Ree, Dunkin Donuts munchkins are calorie free and delicious. /hijack