If you’ve been reading my posts, you know that I’m into my kids learning different dialects, the way other parents are into their kids learning to play an instrument or sport. (Click here for background).

The other day, in the car, my daughter said, “My two friends fighted over the book at school.”
I replied with, “We say ‘fought’ in that sentence.”
Her reply, “Oh, so like ‘fart’ without the ‘R’, they foughted.”

…and we have Boston.