From: user6340@newsgrouper.org.invalid   
      
   JTEM  posted:   
   > On 12/27/25 4:17 PM, Steven Douglas wrote:   
   >   
   > > When I watched the TV show Cheers (which was taped   
   > > in Los Angeles), it would occur to me that the only   
   > > character who had even a hint of a Boston accent   
   > > was Cliff the mailman. No one else did.   
   >   
   > One way you can tell is that anyone who cares probably knows   
   > that any R after the first letter is usually replaced by an   
   > 'A' or 'Ah' sound. But not everyone picks up that things are   
   > often reversed for an 'A'.   
   >   
   >      ...I don't know how old I was before I figured our that   
   > "Idea" doesn't have an 'R'.   
      
   JFK referred to Cuba as "Cuber".   
   >   
   > One of the many tragic results   
   > of spelling phonetically.   
   >   
   > And you did notice that "Phonetically" isn't spelled   
   > phonetically. Right?  What idiot thought of that?   
   >   
   > But the quickest way to spot a local is to ask them to   
   > pronounce:  Quincy.   
      
   "Quinzy", right?   
      
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