Finishing the Dictionary of American Regional English
The University of Wisconsin Madison team nears completion of the final volume covering S to Z for the Dictionary of American Regional English. A $295000 NSF grant will fund publication next year, joining four volumes in print and underscoring the project as a national linguistic treasure.
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Madison
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Adam
University of Wisconsin- Madison
Joan
America
William Safire
New York Times
Hollywood
Broadway
Tom Wolfe
National Science Foundation
American Dialect Society
Frederic Cassidy
U.S
Cassidy
Joan Houston Hall
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Regional food and slang terms across the United States
The note lists regional names for foods and everyday terms. Submarine sandwiches vary by region: hero in New York, hoagie in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, grinder in New England, Cuban sandwich in Florida. Beverage names differ with soda, pop. pancakes called flannel cakes in Appalachia. Regional phrases include flea in one ear as a warning, snoring as calling hogs, hopscotch variants potsy and sky blue, and bear claw for a West Coast pastry.
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New York City
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
New England
Florida
North Central States
Appalachia
Manhattan
Chicago
West
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