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I just finished reading Lawrence Henry's amusing article. I enjoyed it very much.

While he captured most of the issues regarding the Boston "r" he left one out: The Law of Conservation of R's.

p>In Boston, R's are neither created nor destroyed. R's are conserved. Thus for every R dropped "Your socks are in the draw", one must be created, "I want a tuner fish sandwich." br> -- Gregg Germain /p>

ALRIGHT! Finally someone has the guts to make fun of a New Englander accent (me being from New York). Since I was a child, I have heard the standard put-downs on the Southern drawl -- which to me has always been the more beautiful dialect of our country.

But being that it is politically okay to ridicule anything southern and not politically correct to draw attention to northern peculiarities -- well, this is exactly why I read the American Spectator.

p>You all have a good day! br> -- Joellen M. Arrabito /p>

Enjoyed your piece on the eccentric Boston 'r.' It was wicked hahd co-ah.

As a Southerner who has spent many a happy hour in Fenway Pahk, I understand Boston (Bahstun?), and can even speak a little. (Though at Sawks ticket prices today, I probably won't be returning very often -- for today's price, back in the eighties I could have sat anywhere I wanted to and Carl Yastrzemski would have driven me home after the game.)

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