Accents and Dialects in the United StatesHey, ya’ll!""Come on, you guys!"Let's take a look at the way people talk.Have you ever wondered why people in different parts of the United States talk the way they do?We will learn about accents and dialects. Accent is all about pronunciation. Dialect refers to a whole language – grammar and vocabulary, and usually accent. A person’s accent is usually the first sign that they’re from someplace else.Did you know that dialects and accents have changed through the years? There were many foreign people living in the North. All of the different cultures helped form the northern dialects and accents.At the end of the 19th century people who lived in the South were happy just to stay in one place. There were not many foreign people living in the South at that time. This is why southern dialects and accents have not changed very much.The dialects of the west coast came from the many immigrants who moved there. These dialects and accents also came from people who moved across the United States as that newly discovered gold called their name!Some of the people who were traveling across the country settled in the middle part of the country. These dialects and accents are a mixture of north and south.Come and join us as we learn the lingo!How do dialects and accents get started?A group of people that move to a new place may or may not talk alike. As they begin to live together or close to each other, the group's children begin to speak and act like the people they live around. They talk like their parents at first, but eventually, the children develop their own accent. They develop their own words and grammar.This is their new dialect.A First ImpressionOur accent gives people a first impression. Some people may think that a person who speaks slowly like we do in the South is not very smart, but that is not true. Some people may think that someone who speaks quickly is always in a hurry or a rude person. That is not true, either. It is not good to judge someone by the way that they speak, but sometimes that is hard to do. There is no correct American accent. Still, it is impossible not to speak without giving away some information about yourself.
wow Upul lovely survey and very intersting reading material,
Its ended with the first impression,it is true we should not just jump our guns ,without knowing the person well.
thankyou for sharing your thoughts about lingo.
Regards
Nadira
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Its ended with the first impression,it is true we should not just jump our guns ,without knowing the person well.
thankyou for sharing your thoughts about lingo.
Regards
Nadira