When will Bostonians give up those ridiculous accents?

<p>Watching Wheel of Fortune tonight…they were doing the show from Boston and had a local as a participant. Evidently the producers cautioned the guy he had to try extra hard when he picked the letter “R” --pronouncing it in a way that the national audience would understand him (not “ah”). The first time he picked “R,” he pronounced it something like “Awwaarrr” and Pat Sajak asked him if he had hurt himself pronouncing the letter.</p>