Dictionary of American Regional English

Every page in this new volume of the Dictionary of American Regional English makes it wonderfully clear that regional expressions still flourish throughout the United States.

Depending on where you live, your conversation may include such beguiling terms as paddybass (North Carolina), pinkwink (Cape Cod), or scallyhoot (West); if you're invited to a potluck dinner, in Indiana you're likely to call it a pitch-in,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674008847
• ISBN13: 9780674008847
• Release Date: December 2002
• Publisher: Belknap Press
• Length: 1056 Pages
• Weight: 5.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.0" x 8.9" x 11.2"