Why is the Boston accent so darned difficult?

[xiphias]

It's well-known that good Boston accents in films are few and far between. When you list actors who can do it, you've got Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Seth McFarland, Dennis Leary. Even Eliza Dukshu is only okay. And they're all FROM Boston. Heck, I can't do a good Boston accent, and I've lived here my entire life.

It's easy to list movies with terrible Boston accents -- but are there any actors who can do good Boston accents who aren't from Boston?

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[sproutntad.livejournal.com]

Kent always makes fun of me because I have one or two words that are distinctly Boston (I have NO Idea where the "r" goes in the word "drawer" is it "draw"? "Droorer"? No idea.. And I Never Knew that Irish Claddagh Rings didn't have an "r" at the end of it). But I don't have a "Boston" accent. I spent 7th - 12th grade west of the 128 ring and No accent there!! But living in Florida and working retail we take people's telephone numbers. I can spend 15 minutes talking to someone and it won't be until I take their phone number that I can tell they are from Boston. There's something about the number "4" that is so distinctly New England (not just Boston - it's New Hampshire, Lowell, North Shore & Conn)

[xiphias.livejournal.com]

I think it's supposed to be "draw-er" -- one who or that which draws. As in "draw", like "pull", in "drawstring" or "draw a bow". So it's "a thing that pulls."

So, for you, what is 4? "Fow-wah"? "For-wah"? "Foh-war"?