Translation from Pure Bostonian: Bear, pear, bear, chair. Yes friends, every once in a blue moon we get an accent so Boston it charms a nation. Make that chaahms. Andover native Romano Duncan, 25, has ...

Boston Globe reporter Emily Sweeney talks about the reaction to her accent in a video that has gone viral on TikTok.

The iconic dropped "r" sound is disappearing. But to those who still have it, it’s more than a way of speaking; it's the sound of home. (Video produced by Olivia Yarvis/Globe Staff, Photo: Matthew Lee ...

From call-in radio shows to corner bars, the accent that defined Boston is losing ground. A Dartmouth linguist has research to prove it. The iconic dropped "r" sound is disappearing. But to those who ...

News item: Per a recent story in the Boston Globe — even a sociolinguist from Dartmouth agreed after his quantitative study on the issue — the famed, fabled, fabulous Boston accent is slowly ...