bristol county
The 'pre-daaah-mi-NENT' accent in Bristol County Massachusetts, especially stroo-ung in Fall River, Swansea, and, to a lesser degree, in Taunton, Norton, and Attleboro.A bastard child of Tom Menino's Boston accent and
Fran Drescher's Queens (New York City) accent.To those from other parts of Massachusetts, the
Bristol County accent is often mistaken for a Providence
Rhode Island accent, with which it is somewhat similar, or even a New York/New Jersey accent.New Yorkers have been said to mistake Bristol County speakers as being native Long Islanders who have spent most of their adult lives in white, inner-city Boston or 'pahts' of Maine.