{"product_id":"dictionary-of-american-regional-english-2","title":"Dictionary of American Regional English","description":"\u003cp\u003eDip into the \u003ci\u003eDictionary of American Regional English\u003c\/i\u003e and enter the rich, endlessly entertaining, ever-changing world of American speech. Learn what a Minnesota grandma is making when she fixes \u003ci\u003elefse\u003c\/i\u003e, what a counterman in a Buffalo deli means by \u003ci\u003ekimmelweck\u003c\/i\u003e or a Hawaiian baker puts into a \u003ci\u003emalassada\u003c\/i\u003e. Find out what kids on the streets of New York are doing when they play \u003ci\u003eJohnny-on-the-pony\u003c\/i\u003e or \u003ci\u003eoff-the-point\u003c\/i\u003e, what Southerners do when they use their \u003ci\u003etom walkers\u003c\/i\u003e, what the folks in Oklahoma and Texas celebrate on \u003ci\u003eJuneteenth\u003c\/i\u003e and those in some parts of Wisconsin at a \u003ci\u003ekermis\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLike its enormously popular predecessors, this volume captures the language of our lives, from east to west, north to south, urban to rural, childhood to old age. Here are the terms that distinguish us, one from the other, and knit us together in one vast, colorful tapestry of imperfect, perfectly enchanting speech. More than five hundred maps show where you might be if you looked in a garden and saw \u003ci\u003emoccasin flowers\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eindian cigars\u003c\/i\u003e, or \u003ci\u003elady peas\u003c\/i\u003e; if you encountered a bullfrog and cried, \u003ci\u003e\"jugarum!\"\u003c\/i\u003e; or came upon a hover fly and exclaimed, \u003ci\u003e\"newsbee!\"\u003c\/i\u003e And here, at long last, is an explanation of what the \u003ci\u003emadstone\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003emoney cat\u003c\/i\u003e portend.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBuilt upon an unprecedented survey of spoken English across America and bolstered by extensive historical research, the \u003ci\u003eDictionary of American Regional English\u003c\/i\u003e preserves a language that lives and dies as we breathe. It will amuse and inform, delight and instruct, and keep alive the speech that we have made our own, and that has made us who we are.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harvard University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54251650253144,"sku":"9780674205192","price":121.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780674205192_b4f67ad1-afd6-468e-ad61-7cbca36541c3.jpg?v=1770271252","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/dictionary-of-american-regional-english-2","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}