American Comic in China Comparing Northeastern Accents

Jesse Appell, an American comic, performs a standup routine speaking Mandarin Chinese, comparing the Northeastern Boston accent in English with the Northeastern Shandong accent in Chinese. Particularly, he jokes about the rhotics in Boston are almost completely omitted, whereas the Shandong accent emphasizes and adds rhoticization.

Posted by Bose Hewitt on April 11, 2024

Tags:
Boston English;
Mandarin Chinese;
Accent;
Dialect;
r vocalization

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