Speaking American: How Y'all, Youse, and You Guys Talk: A Visual Guide

Speaking American

How Y'all, Youse, and You Guys Talk: A Visual Guide

2016 • 197 pages

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Speaking American takes a close look at the different words and pronunciations people use across America for the same thing. Coke? Or soda? Highway? Or freeway? PEEee-can? Or pee-CAN? It's filled with fun graphs to show where regional variations occur. You can't help sharing this with others. There were a few words (pocketbook for purse, davenport for couch) I was disappointed that I did not find, but maybe these will appear in a subsequent book.

September 23, 2019