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Northshore October 2025
There aren’t many Massachusetts natives who will admit to disliking the Boston accent. But then again, Amy Poehler isn’t like most people, period. “It reminds me of my family and my childhood,” she wrote about the famed accent in her bestselling 2014 memoir, Yes Please. “But it’s one of the worst-sounding accents out there. I love Boston, but we sound like idiots.” Ouch. Talk about pulling no punches. Another way the legendary comedienne is notably different from most: She refuses to participate in the time-honored Hollywood celebrity tradition of egomania. Between her work as Ambassador for the Wo
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