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...Finn's invited guests for the 6 p.m. table include North House residents Laureen A. Mulkern '87, Dickie M. McEvoy '86-'87, and Allen H. Bourbeau '87-'88, possessor of what Finn calls "a prototypical Boston accent...
...Finn said that Jeffrey S. Hull '86, another invitee, declined to appear at the table because he simply isn't ready to come to grips with his accent...
...Finn also stressed a more serious side to the evening, pointing out that many of tonight's scheduled guests plan to discuss "traumatic experiences" that have been the result of their Beantown dialect...
...Some of the evening's guests will be coming out of the closet for the first time," said Finn. "It will be like a Boston Accents Anonymous, except, of course, it won't be anonymous since we all know each other...
...Finn also sees an educational purpose to the evening. "We'll discuss famous people who had Boston accents, like John Kennedy." The group also plans to explore the variations and nuances of the accent, examining the popular Falmouth, North Reading, and Brookline strains...