How to Speak with a Boston Accent (Pt 2), by Jodi Fodor (SAT Word Slam)

Former Boston resident, Jodi Fodor, explains some of the phrases and nuances of a Boston accent. Part 2. Guest Starring, Boston Native, Suzanne Nicholas.
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[@drdread]

I'm a Londoner from the UK but I've always loved the Boston accent! This video had me laughing, plus your smile is extremely contagious!!

[@Diddy20022]

Finally a person who sounds like they're from Boston. Been watching some other videos about boston accents and they sound horrible. You sound very authentic. Love it.

[@SATWordSlam]

Really thinking a lot about our wonderful Boston this week. May they all bond, rise, and overcome. And of course catch and then prosecute with great force.

[@ITHMustDie]

I have a mini crush on this woman. -__-

[@ITHMustDie]

Shit, correction... major creepy guy crush. This beats watching Good Will Hunting over and over and over.

[@SATWordSlam]

ITHMustDie Thank you! And damn, I love Good Will Hunting.

[@ITHMustDie]

SATWordSlam Keep up the good work, pretty lady Lol.

[@huseyinucuncu1605]

Yeah, she is pretty.Kinda looks like Pamela Anderson with actually something between the ears. :D

[@ITHMustDie]

Someone always has to fuck it up huh..

[@sincerejones3266]

I LOVE when you say the "R" 😍

[@SATWordSlam]

Yay! I passed that along to my pal who's in that last part. Thank you!

[@xXAliceOfTheRoseXx]

Thank goodness for this. I needed a Boston accent for a character. Also, I've never been so amused by an accent tutorial. Very well done!

[@AaronClow]

I grew up in NH and often heard "I was bullshit." Never knew that was local to the general area until now! (or is it "local areaer?")

[@valeriefontecchio2934]

I LOVE it!! I recently moved to California and whenever I'm feeling nostalgic........I listen to Jodi...........always brings a smile to my face!! Home sweet home!!!

[@JodiFodor]

Valerie Fontecchio I hear you, Valerie! Find out where the local Boston bars are in California. There are a couple in Santa Monica, for example, and you can always get your Boston accent fix there! And thank you for your sweet comments. . .

[@vittoamp]

You are my favorite ever! I miss living in Palmer (near Springfield). I understand that Western Mass is accent is very different, but we all love Tom Brady!

[@kiarac.2996]

I never realized how bad my Boston accent was. I'm sitting here like, isn't that how u say it😂😂

[@saidfarid6382]

Hello dear teacher Thank you so much for your help and advice,i do appreciate your job.I wish you peace and happiness under the sky of prosperity. Take care and have a good time. All the best. Your Student from Algeria.

[@saidfarid6382]

Hello dear teacher Thank you so much for your help and advice,i do appreciate your job.I wish you peace and happiness under the sky of prosperity. Take care and have a good time. All the best Your Student from Algeria

[@AdAdsurdum]

I'm going for a callback for that role today!!! It's the best. These videos have been so helpful in preparing for it!!

[@tonelocrian]

Jodes - so glad I left Bawston ... only to meet you doin' a Bawston accent -Go Figyah ! the Quasi-deelahs were nice ... still hott for teacha !

[@spacemaster911]

I'm from West Palm Beach, Fl and I have a slight northern accent. I usually and I try to talk in a General American accent but I can speak in a northern accent really well since a lot of Northerners live there. I leave off the "r"s in the words and a leave off the "g"s at the ends of sentences in my accent. I sometimes also pronounce new like "noo". And more words and letters that are changed in my accent.

[@scottcrocker3702]

I'm from Revere, MA & I gotta tell ya, I'm in teahz right now. Most Excellent!!

[@SATWordSlam]

Thank you, Scott Crockahhhhhhhhhhhh!

[@jacobm4652]

This accent is the one I like best...

[@Gotz2bril]

hey how's my Boston accent - Good Goawwd you're gawjuss Jodi.

[@SATWordSlam]

Sounds perfect to me!!!!

[@CeciliaOfSweden]

Thank you so much for the two lessons in the Boston accent! I am a roleplayer and we are going to run a modern campaign where our characters are from Boston, so this was a great way to get to learn a little about the accent so I can use it when we play :)

[@12345timm]

I'm in love with this woman.

[@SATWordSlam]

So cool of you to say. I love the encouragement. . .

[@amit77]

We do that in England, the R drowns, but it reappears exactly like the boston accent! Amandar ate a cake . Love the use of the word bullshit. I saw this and then started a book about a former mobster kevin weeks, who was Whitey Bulgers sidekick....and he uses it like 50 times in the book...so thanks for educating me lol

[@CeciliaOfSweden]

I am looking forward too it! It is always good to learn a bit about accents and a Texan one is something I have never learned how to do properly :)

[@fredwojick3190]

I'm from Lynn/peabody kid and I have the accent bad from what i'm told. My wife is from the Jersey Shore and they all love it. My mothers from Revere/Northend . I love Boston and my accent.

[@crayonsinorange]

Thank you! This is so much more helpful than anything other video I watched. - Risa

[@SATWordSlam]

I actually think I'm going to do Boston, Part 3! More silliness. . pronunciations of cities and a few other dopey things. But I also think I'll start posting videos in which I talk about words, language, etc--always mocking of course! I'm going to start with the rampant overuse of the word "AMAZING"! Makes me nuts.

[@jacobm4652]

My favorite accent 🤗

[@kristinmcguire]

Thanks for helping me with my Boston accent!

[@oleandra786]

Pt. 3 please

[@SATWordSlam]

I realllly need to get on that. I'm thinking it might be time to go through some of the hilarious pronunciations of towns, like Billerica and Woburn.

[@Rustee42]

what a precious woman. swoon

[@johnperson5761]

I like this accent,these videos are really helpful

[@abelramirez7320]

Now I'm gonna start saying "I was bullshit" and everyone will be like "You're what?". I live in Texas.

[@LogoMotive11]

the practice sentences are invaluable thank you

[@24Nik92]

Im from manchester in england, my accent seems dull. I love this boston accent

[@T4Tyson]

Lol!!! My non-Bostonian friends may not use the phrase, but they understand what it means without explanation. Especially, since the word usually follows a story of someone being frustrated or "ticked-off". Bostonians; we're one of a kind :)

[@louisajr88]

LOL this is so AWESOME! And paht 2--it does include the ah that is missing from the othah words; it is definitely advanced. I've been teaching this accent to my coworkahs heah in San Francisco. We howl with laughtah cause it's so hella funny. When I evah told them about adding the ahs, they didn't believe me. Now after seeing youah video, they do. Thanks for making me, my coworkahs, and my world a whole lot SMAHTA, Jodi ! Louisa-r

[@JodiFodor]

Thanks for this. And if you're from Manchester, there's NO WAY your accent could be dull!!!

[@TheClosetRatchet]

She is so pretty!!

[@theaccentkit2024]

Thank you Jodi! This is SO clear and helpful. Any Bostonians out there want to contribute their accent to our accent App for actors?? They need your help!!

[@JodiFodor]

Accent Kit Thank you!! An accent app. . . that sounds great. Good idea. . .

[@douglasferrell9598]

I like learning new accents considering I really don't have one. Born in North Carolina but talk very proper and I don't use a southern drawl. I did how ever find out by using my ears I can pick up on other accents and blend in with the people i'm around. Right now i'm trying to learn the Boston accent, I have mastered an Irish, Italian, Spanish, and Scottish accent, while not knowing much of 2 of those languages. If you need me let me know.

[@jacobm4652]

Really love this accent 😀

[@omar967]

The use of the word "bullshit" reminds me of something that happened when i was young. My cousins Danny and Holli, who were 12 and 5 years old respectively at the time, (I was 14), were being watched by me and a 14-year-old girl named Paula while our parents were out of town at a convention. Danny got mad at Paula and stormed out of the house over something, calling her a "big bitch" on the way out the door. Holli, age 5, gets mad at Paula, and I can't remember why, as this was 35+ years ago, and says, "YOU BIG BULLSHIT!" LMAO!!

[@vida130]

My nephew hates being called mahk instead of Mark lol.... I live in NC and my kids make fun of my Boston accent. I say wahtah and caht from time to time and they think its a riot!

[@JodiFodor]

vida130 Tell your nephew that being called "Maahhhhk" isn't so bad; Imagine a deep-seated Boston kid named Connor! "Caw-nah, go stand in the caw-nah!" hahaha

[@omar967]

I live near Cleveland. There used to be a commercial on TV for a jewelry store in downtown Cleveland that had a guy who sounded like he had chronic laryngitis, and his name was Mark, and he pronounced it "Mahk." I wonder if maybe he was originally from New England.

[@JB-sv5pr]

I live Hawaii raised in north and south shore my accent won’t leave me but some how I fit right in ova hear !!! Not here !!! Lmfoa

[@johnnymiyoshi309]

Your awesome!

[@sariannsays]

super cutie to learn from! thanks!!

[@SATWordSlam]

Awwww. :) :) :)

[@SATWordSlam]

You go, CeciliaOfSweden!!! I think I may do Texan soon. And "How to Speak Like a Very Young Child". . . that should amuse me, which of course is my goal. . .

[@SATWordSlam]

Oh my gawd. I could heah every word of that.

[@sgorneau]

As someone from CT, I just realized we do the "doesn't/don't/weren't" thing...and I never even thought about it before this.

[@eduardwolf3110]

sgorno im not a native english speaker, and like why do you do it, it makes no sense !? :D

[@chironjo]

I used to dislike Bahston but now mah dahgtah goes to MIT and I love it and their accent too. Kinda like the Brooklyn, New Yohk one.

[@SATWordSlam]

Ahhhhhh!!! Thank you Talia! Great name, by the way.

[@SATWordSlam]

Thank you! I'd love to learn Irish and Scottish properly. I dabble in those occasionally. Especially after Guiness.

[@Joeniemczura]

My ex wife was 100% "Boston Irish" and there is a particular thing they do with the letter "T" that persists from Irish to this day. ( her ancestors came over during the Famine).

[@SATWordSlam]

That made my day. Thank you! I'll have to listen for the Western Mass difference. I miss all the New England accents: NH, Maine, Boston, the Cape. Sigghhhhhh.

[@omar967]

I know someone who lives in Houlton, Maine and she has no different accent than people here in north central Ohio, for the most part.

[@Joeniemczura]

There are seven Maine accents. The County; Fort Kent French; Bangor; Down East; Kennebec Valley; Lewiston French; and Southern Maine.

[@SATWordSlam]

Hey there...performers unite! If I had to say that line in a Boston accent, I'd definitely hit the 'r" hard (hahhhd!) "r" in "are" and the short (shot!) 'o" in "costume" and "got." But that sentence also has two other great opportunities to sound Boston: two places where the "r" follows the "o": "Borrowing" and "storage." Watch "How to Speak with a Boston Accent" part one to hear that sound. You might say "BAW-rowing" and "STAW-rij. haha...tricky to write those phonetically. When's the play?

[@omar967]

Ha I had an aunt who was born in Cincinnati and she wound up living in South Carolina for two years in her young adult years and then she never got rid of the South Carolina accent. She used to say "borry" for "borrow" all the time. Sadly, she passed away in 2009 at age 80. But she was a great lady. I loved hearing her talk.

[@SATWordSlam]

You're welcome, Risa. Thank you!

[@SATWordSlam]

You're very welcome, Lilia (that's a lovely name. . .). There's a great Armenian community in Boston! Had a lot of fun with a big group of Armenian pals. . .

[@nataliek.5452]

Have you ever tried using the text to speech function on your phone, with your Boston accent? I have a friend who does and it will completely misunderstand his words, sometimes, it will substitute "to" with "ta" and "park" with "pack" and there were other more drastic examples I cannot recall at this time. I like the accent, living in South Florida, it's a welcome change to my ears.

[@SATWordSlam]

Haha! The "r: after the vowel thing is an excellent point. I should have mentioned that. I'm in California now, and I think the rounded vowels will always stay with me: "Stop," "Oh My God, it's so hot.." Did you watch Part 1 of this Boston accent video thing?

[@SATWordSlam]

Haha. The "I'm bullshit" bit slays me!

[@AnitaStellium]

This is a WICKED lesson! I know this was a lawng time ago but are you willing to record more videos with different words in sentences? I would greatly appreciate that.

[@victoriav8124]

NH girl here, born and raised. I'm 45min N of the Mass border, E of Concord NH (Con-kurd) I've got the accent. It's not as strong as the greater Boston accent but Its definitely there. My accent comes out more depending on who I'm speaking with. If I'm talking w a native who has the accent, my accent is a lot more pronounced. I' drop most of my R's. If I'm speaking w someone w someone w/out the accent, I unintentionally drop my accent a bit to match how they're speaking. But words like corn, born, there, yard, beer, it doesn't matter who I'm talking to, I ALWAYS drop the R. Other words as in NH, singer, clear, near, barn, car the R is there but it's VERY soft and short. But Exeter, and Harvard, I pronounce w a hard R, always. Weird(no R).. huh? I use the word wicked, a wicked lot. If it's EXTRA wicked, it's a FN wicked lot. The F word is used frequently in yr social group and at home but so much in public. I'm bullshit and that's FN bullshit. I use my directional but some people around he-yah use they-yah blinkahs☺️

[@cheriem432]

Can I help? Born in Boston, raised in Melrose ("fancy pants Melrose"). Living in Milpitas, CA now.

[@semperxian]

this is pretty funny. this is like a thick accent. i know the singer JoJo grew up in foxboro and when she was a kid she had a boston-ish accent. you could hear it but it wasn't this thick. then i heard this boston rap artist sofia snow who has pretty much the same accent as her. they're more subtle

[@deanchampion6777]

I'm 100% atheist, but Jodi Fodor is the best argument for a God, that I've ever been presented with.

[@taysha9510]

omg I love it

[@SATWordSlam]

Yay for the teacher look!

[@spiritworldtv1577]

Ey! Its Pam Anduh-sin!! I didn't know she was from Bahstin!!

[@gofishglobal7919]

I'm from the ATL, but, lived in North Andover for a while. What Jodi covered here was the extreme tip of the iceberg. It seems that a full 20% of everything said in that are is done differently in some way. The one that embarassed me the most at work and almost got me into trouble was when a girl asked me to "just put it in the *drawer*". I tried to tell her in different ways that I didn't know what she meant. until I finally had to say, "I'm truly sorry. i just don't know what a "draw" is." They looked at me like I was being a jerk. Thankfully, when I told them I was from the south they pointed to it and spelled it out "D-R-A-W-E-R". I was honestly blown away by the fact that they spoke that way all of the time and that they understood each other. I was truly tickled pink. I thought it was the greatest thing ever! Then, there were the many pronunciations of towns and other things they say differently. For instance, "Peabody" in the south is said with a break between "Pea" a "body"...as if you were saying that someone has the body of a pea. Not so in Boston! There, although the accent is still on "Pea", they continue to say the rest of the world together with the "Pea" and pronounce the "body" portion as "buddy". So it's "Peabuddy" as said quickly together. "Concord" is another one of many. In the south, we do the same thing as we do for Peabody. It's pronounced "Con" and "chord" with almost a pause between the two parts. In Boston, it's said all together briskly and pronounced "Con" followed by a staccato "ked"....not "Conked" as in. "conked in the head", but, "con" "ked" with the "ked" sounding like a mix between the e in "Keds" shoes and the "quered" portion of "Conquered" but without the "r". I have enjoyed typing this out. The Bostonian sounds are "Wicked bad!"...which means, they are awesome in Bostonian!

[@eosa]

Peabody is more like "pibbidy"

[@SATWordSlam]

Excellent. I hope you kill it!!!

[@kevinmcgann9732]

Irigardless this is wiked awesome😂. Well done

[@SATWordSlam]

Thank you!!

[@gravisan]

I love it! but I have a serious question, do people actually talk like this in boston? I mean is this an exaggeration of the way people speak in boston or is this pretty typical?

[@Joeniemczura]

I know this is a late reply - but - they sure do!

[@daylewoolf8734]

No it's exaggerated. I've lived in MA almost my whole life. Not a lot of people have that heavy an accent.

[@sydneysmith1580]

Even though you said it in your examples, you forget to mention that the Boston accent also drops the g's at the end of words, i.e, what are you "talkin'" about, similar to how some southerners also drop the g's. Also, for words like "North" or "Corn", they can be said two different ways. The first is the way the older generation says it which is "Noth" or ""Con," or "New Yok", literally the R is taken out. And the second way is how the younger generation says it lighter, like "Noarth" or "Koarn". The second example is hard to show through typing but I think you know what I mean. The second example is not pronounced like regular American English but it's also not as sharp as the first example. You should also mention that most people who live in the actual city of Boston do not have the accent. It's people from the surrounding towns that do. The city itself is filled with schools and the only people who have accents are the construction workers similar to how they are the only ones who have a NYC accent in Manhattan. East Boston and Southie would be exceptions to that because they are a part of the city boundaries but as far as I know people from Roslindale and West Roxbury do not have accents. Black Bostonians from Roxbury, Dorchester etc., also do not have the accent but they do sound like black people from NYC.

[@gr8pillock]

LOL!!! He was 40 minutes late, I was BULL SHIT! Man, I didn't know that wasn't a universal turn of phrase. :)

[@SATWordSlam]

Omigod--it cracks me up-it's so unique to Boston. . . My non-Boston friends think it's the craziest thing they've ever heard. Have you ever heard it outside of Boston?

[@omar967]

I haven't, but when I told somebody here in Ohio about this, they cracked up laughing!

[@braemtes23]

@@SATWordSlam I lived 50 miles south of Boston, and we used that expression all the time. It is not unique to just Boston.

[@juliannah5721]

Wait... No one else uses "bullshit" like that?? I've also noticed that its if the word ends on a vowel and the next word STARTS with a vowel, THAT'S when we add the "r". I.E. "is Marupstairs?" For "is ma upstairs?" But if it were "is ma downstairs?" we don't slur it all together with the "r".

[@SATWordSlam]

Haha! Thank you, Derek!

[@msatxgault560]

I'm just tearing up ... JFK (R.I.P.)

[@SATWordSlam]

Every time I think of JFK's accent, I hear him saying, "Myyyy brotha Bawbby. . ." The JFK Museum in Boston is a great place. . .

[@SATWordSlam]

ahhh!! hahaha! Love love this. . .

[@josephwalker8276]

Do you plan on making any more Videos about how to talk with a Boston Accent?

[@SATWordSlam]

Thinking it's time to add one that talks about their crazy-ass pronunciations of towns around the area. . .like Medford and Billerica. I'm sure I can think of some other tidbits to throw in. . .like the fact that they call drinking fountains "bubblers"! haha

[@Triple3plumber]

I live in Kentucky and at work, I'm being trained by a Bostonian. The guy is cool as a fan, but his accent is hilarious. I'm going to try this, if I get punched in the face, your to blame lol.

[@Khalilsmumm]

I love this and I'm guilty of ALL of it.

[@melissaberryman958]

Wicked Pissah Jody! Bruins also is said in one syllable-at least by my fathah. I rarely add the r to things that don't have one.. and my husband and I call it out for others as funny so no Melissers but Mah lis sah. I know I use wicked by itself if I'm pissed like bullshit too. "That made me wicked" or "Awww. I was sooo wicked" (with appropriate angry inflection). Or something amazing is "That was so wicked" (leaving off the awesome).

[@SATWordSlam]

Thank you, Melissa! I'll have to start using "wicked" on its own. Very efficient!

[@omar967]

That reminds me of a book I read in high school called "We Have Always Lived In The Castle" by Shirley Jackson. I think the people in the story were supposed to be from a small town in Vermont. At one point, the older sister, Constance says something to her sister, Mary Katherine about her being a "wicked" child. But I don't think she meant that she was a good child.

[@devilzdandruff9199]

Is theh uh paht three?

[@Myn197]

wow this is good , thank you so much for this lessons. I'm moving to Boston soon and I have Armenian and California accent and I don't like it. Soon I'll have Armenian and Bostonian accent... this was very helpful ,..... thanks

[@getyourwings91]

You're probably well aware of this but there are four derivatives to the accent along with accompanying phrases. If you're from Southie, DotRat etc, you'll have a different set of phrases as opposed to someone from Revere/Malden. I'm living in NC now, but I still get called out for my accent or phrases such as shattered, kid etc. That's an important distinction that a lot of people miss when they try to cop the feel/accent.

[@SATWordSlam]

You're right. I need to look up a bunch of those phrases so I can record Pt 3! I love "shattered."

[@SATWordSlam]

Use "shattered" in a Boston sentence. . . .

[@ebloomify]

this has been so helpful! i'm paulette in my school's production of legally blonde the musical, and the accent has been difficult to get down. one sound i'm still having trouble with is the long "i" sound like in "my" and "like." for instance, one of my more troublesome lines says "You are so borrowing my secret weapon costume i got in storage." do you have any tips for how to pronounce this? I can't seem to get it right! thank you so much for these awesome videos :)

[@goldanunnaki9183]

I'm a Japanese man. I think that the Boston accent sounds kind of easier for me to catch.

[@scottg3110]

Stunningly beautiful woman! Where have you been?

[@TheClosetRatchet]

Thank you :-)

[@dmikulec]

"wicked" replaces the word "very".

[@ampnicole]

Im curious , i hear this accent in movies alot , but do the people from boston or parts of boston really speak like this ? If so i HAVE to goo 🙌

[@SATWordSlam]

Yes! They really do. And some have accents much stronger than this. If you want to make sure you hear it a lot, ride the buses and the T. . . and hang out in places like Dunkin Donuts, coffee shops, and sandwich places. The old-school locals are the best.

[@taylortay2315]

+. Nicole I'm from the Boston area and yeah, I guess we do. I never noticed it to be honest because I've lived here my whole life hahaha! But I work at a call center for the past 2 years and I get calls from other states and they're like oh you're from Boston! lol That's when I started realizing I talked funny.

[@kojimasan444]

HOly smokes, I"m hot for teacher!!! Please make a remake with Van Halen!

[@adamandthemuses]

Man, I need to get this right, I'm following you but I keep going off on a Caribbean tangent, what is that about???

[@SATWordSlam]

Haha. . . I don't know! I actually had to do a Caribbean accent for a voice over gig I did for a toy/game. I had NO idea what I was doing. I went with this mysterious Calypso gypsy kind of vibe.

[@SATWordSlam]

hahaha! oh, that was wicked good.

[@robertlaszcz5981]

I'm going to be in a play soon where I need a Boston (Bahstan) accent. Not sure if this will help but it surely was funny. Thanks

[@spiritworldtv1577]

seriously tho.. good vid

[@UentilSecure]

Wow, I'm from California. And that was all confusing. You're really pretty by the way.

[@jakcseparo]

my boy's wicked smaaaaart

[@callasexperience]

I am in love!!! Je suis amoureux love the sexy glasses

[@Magicmike57]

My boy is wicked smaht