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contents

• AMERICAN ENGLISH DIALECTS
• THE NEW YORK DIALECT
• SOUTHERN DIALECT
• DO DIALECTS KEEP US FROM UNDERSTANDING EACH OTHER?
• 5 WAYS TO ENSURE YOUR AMERICAN ENGLISH REGIONAL DIALECT IS UNDERSTOOD
• USING AMERICAN DIALECTS TO BRING US CLOSER TOGETHER

Americans speak dialects of English based on the region where they grew up, most likely. So, an American might run into a convenience store to grab a soda or grab a pop. An American might say they’re eating a lollipop or quite possibly a sucker. An American might say they’re going to pahk the cah, or they’re going to park the car. They might be fixin’ to do something or about to do it.

With so many ways of saying the same thing and so many accents when saying it, it’s a wonder we all understand each other. But of course we do. 99% of the words we’re saying are the same, even if we have to sometimes strain to hear it through a thick regional accent.

How Many American English Dialects Are There? There are roughly 30 major dialects in america. Go here if you’d like a see a map of the various regions with an example of what each dialect might sound like. On the east coast, we have many very small regions, with slightly varying dialects in each one. Just like new england and the east coast itself, it is more densely populated, with little pockets of immigrants from other countries. For this reason we have boston urban, bonac, new yorker, hudson valley, pennsylvania german-english, inland northern and north midland, all within about 5 hours driving from each other. Once you start going west, many of the regional dialects will span 3-4 states, with texas alone having just two: southwestern and gulf southern. The entire west coast will only encompass three dialects, and these areas are also known for having more of a neutral accent: pacific northwest, pacific southwest, and some southwestern (just like in texas).