APHG Ch. 5 Language

Introduction

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:

Learn how to speak Bostonian!

http://www.wikihow.com/Speak-With-a-Bostonian-Accent

How to fake an American Accent! http://

www.wikihow.com/Fake-a-Convincing-American-Accent

Crazy EnglishHere 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.

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

Click on the maps to see how many dialects there are.

http://aschmann.net/AmEng/#LargeMap

Amy Walker “Tour of American Accents” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NriDTxseog

…"éxito" actually means "success“ in Spanish.

Country Names Written in Native Language http://

mentalfloss.com/article/59869/countries-named-their-own-languages

Are You Fluent?

The Great Language Game! Let’s Play! https://greatlanguagegame.com/

Origins of English https://

www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3r9bOkYW9s Territory size shows the

proportion of all people who speak English as a first language that live in that territory.

Upfront Magazine 3 summary bullet points 2 questions and answers 1 most important quote

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