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| Different dialects: tell us about the unusual American words you use | Different dialects: tell us about the unusual American words you use |
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| Whether they were introduced to you by family or friends, we want to hear about the distinctive American words in your vocabulary | |
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| Wed 29 Nov 2017 15.10 GMT | |
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| If you live or work in America, what do you call a fizzy drink you buy during your lunch break? Is it soda? Maybe it’s pop? Or perhaps it’s a soft drink, or a coke (even if it’s not actually Coca Cola)? | If you live or work in America, what do you call a fizzy drink you buy during your lunch break? Is it soda? Maybe it’s pop? Or perhaps it’s a soft drink, or a coke (even if it’s not actually Coca Cola)? |
| Eight months ago the Guardian ran a story on dialect from across the UK using the British Library’s Evolving English WordBank as examples of the diversity of words and terms used in different parts of the country. | Eight months ago the Guardian ran a story on dialect from across the UK using the British Library’s Evolving English WordBank as examples of the diversity of words and terms used in different parts of the country. |
| As a follow up we gave our readers the last word, asking them to contribute the dialect words they use . We received 1,200 words and phrases in response, 920 of which were unique entries. Most of those, the British Library found to be distinct dialect words. | As a follow up we gave our readers the last word, asking them to contribute the dialect words they use . We received 1,200 words and phrases in response, 920 of which were unique entries. Most of those, the British Library found to be distinct dialect words. |
| Now we’d like to hear about the unusual words and phrases Americans use. Whether you push a cart or a buggy around a store, or drink from a fountain or a bubbler at school we want to hear about the words synonymous with your hometown; the one you used one day in the office only to have everyone look at you blankly; or the phrase that, in your area or family, is commonplace but which you have never heard outside that context. | Now we’d like to hear about the unusual words and phrases Americans use. Whether you push a cart or a buggy around a store, or drink from a fountain or a bubbler at school we want to hear about the words synonymous with your hometown; the one you used one day in the office only to have everyone look at you blankly; or the phrase that, in your area or family, is commonplace but which you have never heard outside that context. |
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