This is an All-Eirs English podcast episode 935, the Boston Accent with Carol.

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Hey Carol welcome to all ears English how's it going today? It's good Lindsay. It's still kind of snowy here in Massachusetts, but that's okay. I know I know. Thanks for coming on the show with me today. So you from Massachusetts is that right yes that's

correct I grew up in Massachusetts and I also lived in California for 15 years

and then I was in Paraguay South America for a couple of years and then I was in Paraguay, South America for a couple of years and then I came on back to Massachusetts.

Awesome, so you've traveled quite a bit around the world, around the country, and what do you like about living in the Boston area?

Oh I love the Boston area I mean except for our crazy snow storms every once in a

while in the middle of March but that's okay. I like it because I have I have family here and I like

Boston because there are all sorts of people living in the area and traveling to the

area and there are students and

instructors and professors and universities and and then I love the four seasons too

so awesome yeah it's a great place.

Oh, it's good to love where you live, right?

That's important.

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