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arabera Gillian L Szegedi 10 months ago

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regional Variations of English in the US.

Different regions in the United States exhibit distinct variations in English pronunciation and usage. In the Midland, the Northern Cities Shift influences how vowels are articulated.

regional Variations of English in the US.

regional Variations of English in the US.

midland

northern cities shift
"Ann sounds like "IAN"

New England

non-rhoticity
dropping the "R" in words that end in R

"Car" sounds like "CaH"

South

monopthongiztion of ai to A
"dime" sounds like "daim"
pin/penmerger
"e" in pen sounds like "I" in pin
use of ya'll
instead of "you" when addressing a group.

west

California vowel shift
"cot/caught merger"

Subtopic

"king" sounds like "keeng"