Americans sometimes finger the uvular fricatives (r) in German as harsh, but French has the same sound and French doesn't get called harsh, Sharon Inkelas, a professor of linguistics at the University of California, Berkeley, told The Huffington Post in an email.
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Massachusetts is the 7th smallest state in the United States. It is located in the New England region of the northeastern United States, and has an area of 10,555 square miles (27,340 km 2). Several large bays distinctly shape its coast.Boston is the largest city, at the inmost point of Massachusetts Bay, and the mouth of the Charles River.ike the rest of the northeastern United States, the population of Massachusetts has continued to grow in the past few decades. Massachusetts is the fastest growing state in New England and the 25th fastest growing state in the United States.