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The U.S. Dialect Quiz: How Y'all, Youse and You Guys Talk - The New York Times

The U.S. Dialect Quiz: How Y'all, Youse and You Guys Talk - The New York Times My dialect map pinpointed Tulsa, Oklahoma City, and Wichita as the cities to which my dialect is closest (because of my use of the...

Posted by Michael Bates on November 14, 2024 11:05 PM

How Capicola Became Gabagool: The Italian New Jersey Accent, Explained | Atlas Obscura

How Capicola Became Gabagool: The Italian New Jersey Accent, Explained | Atlas Obscura "But this gets weird, because most Italian-Americans can trace their immigrant ancestors back to that time between 1861 and World War I, when the vast majority of...

Posted by Michael Bates on November 5, 2015 5:44 PM

American English Dialects

American English Dialects This complex map, accompanied by charts and notes, depicts the geographical extent various dialects of English in North America. The historical notes describe the historical events that drove the migrations that shaped the odd patterns. For example:...

Posted by Michael Bates on May 9, 2013 5:31 PM