The highly mimicked, oft-mocked Boston accent populates some of the industry’s most iconic films and TV shows with its non-rhotic (r-dropping) pronunciation, highly particular slang, and gravelly ...

Maybe you remember Seth Meyers’s parody trailer for “Boston Accent”: “the movie with the most Boston accents this year.” Shooting the film marked something of a homecoming for the trio. And the result ...

The Boston accent is so ubiquitous, it has its own Wikipedia page. (Yes, the “Dunkin Donuts” sketch from SNL is cited.) But you don’t need to know that the accent “typically [has] the cot-caught ...

Globe staffers got their say debating Boston accents in the movies. Now we’re handing the mic to you, readers. We asked your thoughts on the best/worst Boston accents on the big screen and received ...

The Tony-nominated "The Hills of California" transports the audience to Blackpool, England, a seaside community with a distinct accent. Actor Allison Jean White said she transformed her speech, word ...

BOSTON -- Today it feels like Boston has more cranes than colleges, more transplants than traffic jams. The city is changing, you can see it and hear it. There appears to be a strange phenomenon ...

The Boston accent has starred in movies and commercials, especially for Dunkins. But now the hometown dialect is being ranked as the fourth “smartest sounding” accent in America, according to a new ...

CHICOPEE, Mass. (WWLP) – The Boston accent, often portrayed humorously in films and television, is more than just the signature “dropped R’s,” it’s a unique and valuable lens through which to explore ...

President Joe Biden’s Boston accent could use some work. The president attempted to use a Boston accent Wednesday when he said good-bye to former Boston Mayor Marty Walsh and announced his labor ...