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pinto

(106,886 posts) Fri Feb 21, 2014, 11:04 PM Feb 2014

Name the dialect and location -

rayah

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Name the dialect and location - (Original Post) pinto Feb 2014 OP

I didn't know, so I cheated and looked it up. In_The_Wind Feb 2014 #1

Sorry I didn't get back here sooner. Had some things to get done. In any event - pinto Feb 2014 #2

Rayah, ayuh. eShirl Feb 2014 #6

What famous comic strip drew on the dialect and perception of one New England town? pinto Feb 2014 #3

agh! I know this one, just can't think of the name. BlancheSplanchnik Feb 2014 #4

Non Sequitur lastlib Feb 2014 #5

In_The_Wind

(72,300 posts)

1. I didn't know, so I cheated and looked it up.

Reply to pinto (Original post)

Sat Feb 22, 2014, 12:12 AM

Feb 2014

pinto

(106,886 posts)

2. Sorry I didn't get back here sooner. Had some things to get done. In any event -

Reply to pinto (Original post)

Sat Feb 22, 2014, 09:51 PM

Feb 2014

It's how "rare" is said. As in "it's really rayah". The pronunciation is common in pockets of New England. A remainder of early English pronunciations in the colonies. Heard in parts of Boston and the local suburbs. Up the coast into Maine, as well.

eShirl

(18,494 posts)

6. Rayah, ayuh.

Reply to pinto (Reply #2)

Sun Feb 23, 2014, 09:49 PM

Feb 2014

pinto

(106,886 posts)

3. What famous comic strip drew on the dialect and perception of one New England town?

Reply to pinto (Original post)

Sat Feb 22, 2014, 10:06 PM

Feb 2014

BlancheSplanchnik

(20,219 posts)

4. agh! I know this one, just can't think of the name.

Reply to pinto (Reply #3)

Sun Feb 23, 2014, 06:06 PM

Feb 2014

It's often set in the local diner. Cynical waitress and the crabby regulars...making political observations. ....

Right?

lastlib

(23,244 posts)

5. Non Sequitur

Reply to BlancheSplanchnik (Reply #4)

Sun Feb 23, 2014, 09:39 PM

Feb 2014

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