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