Over the weekend I was working at the gas station (which is off the interstate about 6 miles west of Grand Island), and of course had many customers come in with different accents.
It always amazes me at how people pronounce, or lack there of, their words. Besides having customers from all over the U.S., I also get a lot of truck drivers. Usually the truck drivers are from other countries, trying to make a living. On Saturday, I had a guy come in who spoke English, but had a very strong accent, I'm pretty sure that he was from Poland, but besides having the accent, he also had a very distinct northern sounding dialect.
I was looking on the Internet and found this map. It comes from the book, Do You Speak American? and is pretty cool.
http://www.pbs.org/speak/speech/mapping/map.html
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That map was really cool. And I enjoyed the rest of the website as well. Did you notice what is was talking about in "Do you Speak American?" about how most truck drivers speak somewhat "southern" or "country"? I notice that every once in awhile.
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