The Boston Globe

When the R is optional: Which actors aced the Boston accent? And who failed?

For actors, it’s hard to get a Boston accent right, and locals can spot a fraud from a mile away. Globe staffers and readers recently got their say about the best and the worst of the bunch on TV and ...
The Boston Globe

From ‘heah’ to an eternity of Boston accents onscreen

First, just test your actors beforehand. Let the best two-thirds of them do their fake Boston accents, but tell the ones who can’t cut it to just use their natural voices. Lots of longtime residents, ...

Donnie Wahlberg says Boston accent "cannot come out to play" in his new show "Boston Blue"

After 14 seasons of playing NYPD detective Danny Reagan on "Blue Bloods," Dorchester native Donnie Wahlberg is bringing his ...
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"I Tried To Give Them Boston": Matt Damon & Ben Affleck Movies Helped One Reacher Star Nail Their Accent

Duffy’s Boston accent was partly inspired by Ben Affleck and Matt Damon movies, Reacher season 3 star Sonya Cassidy reveals. A new addition to the Reacher cast, Cassidy was previously best-known for ...
The Providence Journal

What makes the Rhode Island accent so distinctive? Here are some of the key elements

Rhode Islanders are known for dropping R's, but also have distinctive ways of pronouncing certain vowels. Some of Rhode Islanders' speech patterns have more in common with those in New York than ...