The West Dialect Regions: The western U.S. has fewer distinctions to their dialect versus the north and south. They’re open for its long and short open /o/.

For example, someone from Boston may say “waduh” instead of “water,” while a native Philadelphian might say “wudder.” Inland/mountain Southern dialect regions ...

TESOL Quarterly (TQ) is one of the most respected publications in second and foreign language teaching, with an annual acceptance rate of 8% of all article submissions. This scholarly journal serves ...

Mapping Regional Dialects during the Civil War University of Georgia Professor Stephen Berry discussed his work on the digital history project, “Private Voices,” which gathers, transcribes ...

We told readers we wanted to hear their classic Rhode Island accents, and they delivered, sending examples via voicemail and email. We shared them with dialect coach Thom Jones and, on the Rhode ...

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