How to do a Boston Accent

I grew up in Boston and went to an international camp for teenagers in Colorado. We were told to bring a pencil to the party. So I told others to bring a pencil to the party. They were puzzled and wondered why they should bring a pencil to the pottie.

This guy has a nice, soft, gentle Boston accent that I associate with a wealthier, more proper Bostonian. It relaxes you rather than seems angry or tough guy. Its soothing.

I can finally fit into my city

I never knew I would click so fast for a video of an accent I never even heard before—

I am Australian but I worked in Boston for a while (well, just outside Boston). I actually felt at home there and no one had any trouble understanding me and, likewise!

Aw ok as a New Englander and Bostonian, I so love and appreciate this video: his authentic accent and your earnest attempts (and not for nothing, pat yourself on the pack!! I don’t sugarcoat it when people mess up our accent but I think you did very well!) Plus, like there are so many variations (thank you for addressing this, much appreciated) of the accent within Boston itself, let alone the different New England accents... It’s really difficult to catch on if you didn’t grow up hearing people talk like this

As an Australian I can tell you this accent is at times IDENTICAL to the Australian accent. weird.

This video was a revelation. I grew up in the suburbs of Boston and I do literally every one of these things except for the Dropped R, lol. I didn't think I had an accent because it wasn't the stereotypical urban Boston accent. But I do all those other things. I didn't know how difficult it was for people from elsewhere to pronounce vowels the way we do. Also this was really cute and funny.

I think the best American accent is the Boston accent.

I heard having a thick Australian accent makes the Boston accent pretty easy but that's a straight up lie. Dropping the R's were easy but saying 'lobster' with that accent gave me an aneurysm

Funny, a lot of this sounds very much like the Australian accent!

I think my new band name is going to be "tricky diphthongs" . So thank you.

I really need to send this video to my online friends because I once said “do you have an elastic?” And nobody understood what I said, and this is a good start to introducing people what the Boston Accent is.

The absence of expletives makes me call this lesson into question ;D

This sounds quite Australian! And yes I am an Aussie, we drop our vowels too

I have an audition for Brighton Beach Memoirs this week, you don't know how helpful this is! Thank you!

The intrusive 'R' also comes at the end of a syllable when it's followed by a vowel; for example, "drawing" is pronounced "drawring". As in: "Yawe drawring? I nevah sawrit."

Me trying to to learn the Boston accent while living in Boston 👁👄👁

As a Bostonian.. Yeah pretty much. Wicked good. Also extra marks for the Brady jersey :) but seriously guys obviously from Boston he shouldn't be giving our secrets away ;) just kidding. Anyway if you want a movie that really showcases a real Bostonian accent well you should all watch Gone baby Gone with Casey Affleck. Me and a friend grew up with that kind of neighborhood and he had to leave the theater because it was so realistic to how he grew up. Casey and the mom are the most real in that film. Reminds me of people I grew up with in Dorchester. EDIT: Go Sox! EDIT2: "I work at camp hi howareahya" "do you teach archery?" okay that made me ma laugh out loud lol

The ar to ah sounding words sound Australian hehe