they speak really bad english down south and
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They Speak really bad English Down
south and in New york city
ByAngela Duque
Stiven RestrepoCésar J. Noreña
MYTH
• People from new york are
considered criminal and
violent.
• Their variation of the english
language is considered wrong.
Myth
• The south is tough to be
rural, backward and
uneducated.
• Its dialect is quite simply
associated with these
features.
Dictionary of south dialect of the english tongue.
Actin' a Fool -- Being Stupid.Afore – Before.
Ahcyst -- To help .Ahpreshadit -- I appreciate it .
Balks – BoxBloomers – Underwear.
Booze -- LiquorBubba – Friend
Cause -- Because Cauterize -- Caught her eyes
Cawdja -- Called You Cekertery -- Secretary
Dey -- They Did -- Dead
Diddnit -- Didn't It ? Diddy -- Daddy
Doo Doo -- Number 2 Doozie -- Really Special Double Naught -- "00"
AMERICAN ENGLISH
• African-American Vernacular English (AAVE)• Chicano English• General American• New York Latino English• Pennsylvania Dutchified English• Yeshivish• Yinglish
Do it..!!!!‘Hey, how’s it goin’? Rotten break, huh? Ya gota pain in da noggin’. Don’t sweat it; I’m gonnafix ya up. Hey, nois! Ovuh heah! Bring me datwatchamacallit. How da hell am I gonna takecare of my patient heah if you don’t hand me dem tools? Dat’s a goil.’
Scores of the rankings for ‘correct English’ of the fifty states, Washington, DC,
and NYC by south-eastern Michigan respondents (‘1’ = ‘worst English’; ‘10’ =
‘best English’)
Hand-drawn map of a Michigan respondent’s idea of the dialect areas of the US