As you all might know, I'm a big fan of This Old House. I watched them on YouTube. I just like watching houses.
This Old House projects are usually in New England. Mostly Boston. That's where they are from. So, it's save to say, I'm quite familiar with New England accent or Boston accent. The contractor, Tommy Silva has a Boston accent.
One thing that I observe, they (the New Englander) also pronounce about as a-boat. (yup, it's sounds more like a-boat instead of a-boot) House and hose are homophone. This phenomenon is called Canadian raising. Beside the Canadian raising they also share the cot-caught merger.
Now, it's time for me to watch houses after a long week. I'm having a date with Kev, Tommy, Norm, Richard and Rog.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_raising
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