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The American English Dialect Map

When I saying interesting, I mean interesting.

Apart from the snazzy graphs Christian Missionary Rick Aschmann has a site chock full of neat information on linguistics: North American English Dialects, Based on Pronunciation Patterns.

The audiovisual library includes examples of regional dialects. Guess who he selected to personify the local dialect? No less than the late great Abbie Hoffman. Me thinks his r's ain't as long as some local's I heard.