Examples of "The Lawr of the Consahvation of Rs," Overheard During a Recent Visit to Massachusetts

By Kelly Shriver


At church: "They look-ed up and sawr a stah..."

In a restaurant: "Yeahr, I'll have a cuppa chowda."

At home: "Pick your brar up off the floor and put it in the draw!"

At the dog park: "Cousy's pawr is caught in his collah."

At the mall: "Soder is a dollah—Tinar is drinkin' from the bubblah."

New Year's Eve: "I got an idear on the packy run to Meffid..."

New Year's Day: "Sully's jawr is wiahed shut."

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