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birdy

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map of regional American dialects
« on: May 13, 2013, 11:43:16 AM »
Once I looked at this map, I became even more relieved that Chi only deals with spelling, not pronunciation. Regional words and spellings are bad enough!

This is a labor of love by a man who does this for a hobby.

http://aschmann.net/AmEng
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Re: map of regional American dialects
« Reply #1 on: May 14, 2013, 02:40:29 AM »
Quote from: birdy on May 13, 2013, 11:43:16 AM

This is a labor of love by a man who does this for a hobby.


Much scholarship and research in earlier times was done by enthusiastic, wealthy 'amateurs' with time on their hands - the Brothers Grimm who devoted their lives to the study of language and the collection of folk-lore are but one example. There were lots of others.

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Re: map of regional American dialects
« Reply #2 on: May 15, 2013, 02:29:03 AM »
Sigh. Another temptation to spend hours of studying!

A fascinating site. Thanks, Birdy. (I think!)  ;D
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Re: map of regional American dialects
« Reply #3 on: May 15, 2013, 12:53:06 PM »
Birdy, what a wonderful and fascinating link!

MK, I could not agree more.  Scholarship, learning, and research should not be left to the professionals.  It matters too much!

TR, you are absolutely correct, but wouldn't they be blissful hours?  Maybe once I "retire" . . .
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