LANGUAGE • PART OF CULTURE • LITERARY TRADITION • OFFICIAL VERSUS UNOFFICIAL LANGUAGES • DIALECTS
ENGLISH • STANDARD LANGUAGE • DIALECTS IN BRITAIN • NORTHERN • EAST MIDLAND • WEST MIDLAND • SOUTHWESTERN • SOUTHEASTERN • LONDON AND CAMBRIDGE PREFERRED
BRITISH VERSUS AMERICAN ENGLISH • VOCABULARY • FROM NATIVES • MOOSE, RACCOON, CHIPMUNK • CANOE, MOCCASIN, SQUASH • NEW INVENTIONS • LIFT VS ELEVATOR • TORCH VS FLASHLIGHT • HOOD VS BONNET • TRUNK VS BOOT • SPELLING • PRONUNCIATION
AMERICAN ENGLISH • EASTERN DIALECTS • NORTHERN • MIDLANDS • SOUTHERN • ISOGLOSS (WORD USAGE BOUNDARY) • DUE TO DIFFERENCES IN ORIGINAL SETTLERS • HTTP: //WWW. NYTIMES. COM/INTERACTIVE/2013/12/20/SUNDAY-REVIEW/DIALECT -QUIZ-MAP. HTML? _R=0