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Examines the regional dialects prevalent in America and covers the contributions different languages have made to its vocabulary
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An entertaining romp through some of the major and minor dialects of American English, from Haavaad to Honolulu, with lots of examples of unusual words and phrases. Pronunciations are also given, but the phonetic system used is not always clear. Hendrickson is not himself a linguist and has sometimes misunderstood his sources, or else been simply careless in transcribing his notes. Vaquero does not mean "white man" but "cow man." If hillbillies say "hurd" for the past of hear , so does everyone else. He also perpetuates some hoary misconceptions, such as the "reversal" of the oi and er sounds in Brooklynese. For public and perhaps high school libraries. Catherine von Schon, SUNY Stony Brook Lib.
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- PublisherViking Penguin
- Publication date1986
- ISBN 10 0670813303
- ISBN 13 9780670813308
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number1
- Number of pages230
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