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APHG Ch. 5 Language Introduction
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What dialect do you speak? The way we speak, both the phrases we use and the accents that inflect those phrases, come from our upbringings. And in a nation of more than 300 million people, it’s little wonder that those accents vary widely. More than a decade ago, Robert Delaney, a reference associate at Long Island University, put together this map of the 24 regions of American English:
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Learn how to speak Bostonian! http://www.wikihow.com/Speak-With-a-Bostonian-Accent http://www.wikihow.com/Speak-With-a-Bostonian-Accent
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“Oh, yeah, you betcha der, chieftain. Goin’ down wit dat der new fella, don’tcha know, and we’ll git dat der whole kit and kaboodle up the shaft der lickety split, ya know. ”
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How to fake an American Accent! http://www.wikihow.com/Fake-a- Convincing-American-Accent http://www.wikihow.com/Fake-a- Convincing-American-Accent
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British English American English Trousers Pants Jumper / Jersey Wellies Mac (slang for Macintosh) Trainers Braces Nappy Pinny Dressing Gown Cozzy Bird queue Loo Mate Holiday Lorry Skip Chips Rounders Starkers
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Crazy English Crazy English Here are some examples that might make you wonder how you ever learned English even when your brain was finely tuned and receptive. You must have been a genius. - The bandage was wound around the wound. - The farm is used to produce produce. - The dump was so full it had to refuse more refuse. - He could lead if he would get the lead out. - The soldier decided to desert his dessert in the desert. - Since there is no time like the present, he thought it was time to present the present. - When shot at the dove dove into the bushes. - The insurance was invalid for the invalid. - There was a row among the oarsmen about how to row. - There is no egg in eggplant and no ham in hamburger. - We drive on a parkway and park in a driveway. -He asked: “Did you read the book with the red cover?” and she said she had read it. - If the plural of tooth is teeth, why isn't the plural of booth beeth? - You have to wonder about language when your house may burn up as it burns down. - How can a slim chance and a fat chance be the same, while a wise man and a wise guy may be opposites? - If a vegetarian eats vegetables, what does a humanitarian eat? - A buck does funny things when the does are present.
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Interactive Maps and Quizzes Take the New York Times interactive dialect quiz below as a class to see how many different pronunciations and word variations there are in America. http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/12/20/sunday- review/dialect-quiz-map.html http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/12/20/sunday- review/dialect-quiz-map.html Click on the maps to see how many dialects there are. http://aschmann.net/AmEng/#LargeMap http://aschmann.net/AmEng/#LargeMap Amy Walker “Tour of American Accents” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NriDTxseog http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NriDTxseog https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UgpfSp2t6k https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UgpfSp2t6k
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…"éxito" actually means "success“ in Spanish.
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Country Names Written in Native Language http://mentalfloss.com/article/59869/cou ntries-named-their-own-languages http://mentalfloss.com/article/59869/cou ntries-named-their-own-languages
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Are You Fluent?
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The Great Language Game! Let’s Play! https://greatlanguagegame.com/ https://greatlanguagegame.com/
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Origins of English https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3r9 bOkYW9s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3r9 bOkYW9s Territory size shows the proportion of all people who speak English as a first language that live in that territory.
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Upfront Magazine 3 summary bullet points 2 questions and answers 1 most important quote
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FAMILYBRANCHLANGUAGE English Spanish Mandarin Arabic Turkish Japanese Hindi Russian Vietnamese Yoruba
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