User:Emilyfranco3/sandbox

For the article Boston Accent I want to mainly focus on improving the citations and expanding the "use in media" section as well as "Notable lifelong native speakers" section.

The introduction section needs better citations and could be flushed out a little bit more.

Maybe talk about the different regions of the Boston Accent and find proper citations for the rest of the introduction.

"As a conspicuous, easily identifiable accent (says who?), the Boston accent is routinely featured in Boston-setting films such as The Friends of Eddie Coyle, Good Will Hunting, Ted, Mystic River, The Departed, Blow, The Town, Blown Away, The Fighter, Black Mass, and Gone Baby Gone. (in what way are they featured?) In 2001: A Space Odyssey, a character mentions the accent in parody, giving his "best regahds". Television series based within a Boston setting such as Boston Public and Cheers have featured the accent. Simpsons character Mayor Quimby talks with an exaggerated Boston accent as reference to the former US Senator Ted Kennedy. In The Heat, FBI Special Agent Sarah Ashburn meets the family of Shannon Mullins, who (except Shannon) all speak with the Boston accent and momentarily left Ashburn confused when one of them asked if she was a narc (pronounced as "nahk"). 30 Rock character Nancy Donovan speaks with a pronounced Boston accent. In the video game Team Fortress 2, the character Scout, who is himself a Boston native, talks with a distinct Boston accent, although it sometimes lapses into a Brooklyn accent. (link Brooklyn accent) Many elements of the Boston accent can be heard on the animated TV series Family Guy, which is set in the fictional city of Quahog, Rhode Island. In the Saturday Night Live sketch The Boston Teens, Jimmy Fallon and Rachel Dratch affect Boston accents."

Not entirely sure how to cite these specific scenes the article mentions.