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Southern dialects as living truth in the South atlas project
Linguists led by Charles Billiard at Emory University and Dr. Lee Pederson of University of Miami study Southern speech for a Linguiste Atlas of the Gulf States. They record thousands of interviews, argue Southern talk is a living art, and push for respect over standard English bias.
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Atlanta
Oraima
Energiu Mate University
Charles Billiard Bikkard
Billard
Midwest
New England
Jimmy Carter
Billiard
Pederson
Georgia
Texas
Florida
Tennessee
South
Pedergon