Some of the more linguistically inclined folks might take pleasure in reading this article. It describes the first coast-to-coast charting of all the major dialects spoken in the continental United States and Canada.
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Interesting. Did you see Do You Speak American? on PBS? It was a TV special that discussed the differences in dialect throughout the US.
You beat me to bringing it up. I watched parts of the special. It was pretty interesting.
Incidentally, a guy I know wrote The California English Wiki.
Fascinating. Now you know what to get me for Christmas. Don’t worry about that price of $515.20 because that’s in US Dollars (the exchange rate is unimportant – just keep in mind that it’s NOT a lot of money once all the math is done… and remember, it comes with free shipping). So, fire up your credit card and make sure the book arrives on my doorstep before December 25th.