map of american english dialects

map of american english dialects

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Transcript

Linguists draw their own maps of North America to mark different dialect areas. To use their terms, we've started in eastern New England, we're going on to New York and Philadelphia, then west into the Midland dialect, then the Northern, the Southern, and on to the West.

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From the documentary "Do you speak American?".

Category:

Education

Tags:

• american
• english
• map
• dialects
• dialectology
• linguistics
• do
• you
• speak

[luv4drums1]

ahhh, I guess us Floridians don't speak...

[BeccaG149]

You say Philadelphia when you highlight every part of Pennsylvania except Philadelphia. Perhaps you are having trouble distinguishing Philadelphia from Pittsburgh?

[electbassplayer24]

Why can't he English teach their children how to speak and in America they haven't used proper English in years!

[squarenut151]

I WAS JUST GONNA COMMENT ABOUT THAT THEN I SAW YOUR COMMENT..... WHAT A DUMB FUCK.... THEY HIGHLIGHTED PITTSBURGH.

[MrLawFilms]

@luv4drums1 I wish...



[MIXEDUPTHROWNTOGETHR]

The red only highlights NYC, which is great because its true. But you said Philly and then highlighted western pennsylvania

[bobbyhill789]

YINZ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!

[multimediaperson]

@luv4drums1 LOL!

[pnoozi]

@Remix756 New England accent is far flung from the accent of the northern mid west.

Rhoticity is the most striking difference. NE accent is severely non rhotic, while great lakes accent is extremely rhotic.

[Remix756]

LOL! "Philadelphia" I like how none of the highlighted area covers Philadelphia..

I think Midland is supposed to be Midwest, and I think the "North" accent can be split up between the New England and Midwestern accents. Who made this video?? XDD

[TheWhh81194]

@Respect4Intellect I didn't say I agreed with DaytonaRoadster. I was trying to tell you it's unnecessary to take a statement personally and comment back with the same judgmental attitude. To the fact of grammar, I feel it's not cool to make statements to people whom have little education in the subject.I also find it to be uncool to correct people that make few grammar mistakes.I do understand being annoyed when people use grammar incorrectly, if they know better than to use grammar incorrectly.

[FAITHandLOGIC]

@luv4drums1 *we Floridians and you can lump yourselves in with the NYC dialect.