regional Variations of English in the US.

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Chp 7 Vocab

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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"