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New England is a small region with an inordinate number of distinct dialects. The strong Boston accent has been both ridiculed and glorified on TV and in movies for generations, and the distinguished Maine drawl has come to represent the character of Northern New England. We'll talk with linguist Gaye Gould of Plymouth State University about where all our different inflections come from and why they seem to be going away.

***This interview originally aired Wednesday, September 21, 2005***