What do you mean, Eliza Dushku is only OK. She's FROM Boston!
That's my point. A Boston accent is difficult even for people from here. Like I said, I can't do one, and I've never lived anywhere else. My parents have never lived anywhere else; my grandparents have never lived anywhere else -- and none of us have "Boston accents."
All of us have the accent that is thought of as the "American accent" -- the American version of the British Received Pronunciation. The only discernible regional peculiarity is that I refuse to pronounce "aunt" as "ant".
And, as Lis pointed out, "Dushku isn't from Boston. She's from Watertown." And she DOES have a decent Watertown accent -- just not a good Boston accent.
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That's my point. A Boston accent is difficult even for people from here. Like I said, I can't do one, and I've never lived anywhere else. My parents have never lived anywhere else; my grandparents have never lived anywhere else -- and none of us have "Boston accents."
All of us have the accent that is thought of as the "American accent" -- the American version of the British Received Pronunciation. The only discernible regional peculiarity is that I refuse to pronounce "aunt" as "ant".
And, as Lis pointed out, "Dushku isn't from Boston. She's from Watertown." And she DOES have a decent Watertown accent -- just not a good Boston accent.