Growing up in and around the Boston area, I have heard the heavy accent many Bostonian's have. Boston and the surrounding areas have a very distinct accent and tone. In the first clip I reviewed, Tom Brady enters a sports shop on the west coast in California. The scene starts out with a young man who sees Tom Brady as someone from Boston, not as the quarterback who plays for the New England Patriots. In actuality, Tom Brady does not have a Boston accent nor did he grow up in the New England area. Some of the features the video uses to characterize the Boston accent used by Tom Brady are, "Go Soxs"; -o- in words such as dot, got, sox' are pronounced as noht', goht', sohxs'. However in common English these words are exclusively pronounced without the extra "h" sound.
             Another very common characteristic found in Bostonian's is the use of "wicked". The funny thing about this characteristic is that most people grow up on the east coast with the word "wicked" as a regular vocabulary word. However, coming to Colorado, I noticed when I said 'wicked' I got stares and questions. In this video, this is said to mimic a mock Boston language. The direct quote with the use of the extra 'h' sound is "ehh that's some 'wicked' hoht chohwdah". This common feature throughout both examples also shows the elongated vowels, this is very similar to the southern english elongated vowels. Also seen in this line showing multiple linguistic features of the Boston Accent. "ya knohw ya really outta try the lobstah". This is again showing the -o- feature, elongated vowels, stereotypical vocab use making reference to Maine 'Lobstah', lack of the 'r' sound and the
             The lack of the 'r' sound is one of the most common features among Boston English. In the second video with direct use of real Boston accents from some of the real Bostonian actors, one can hear the lack of the 'r' sound in the use of the word 'bar'. Not only does the vowel lengthe
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