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- Northern (really north-eastern), Southern, Midland, and Western ( Labov, Ash, Boberg, 2006).
- Midland dialects
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- Answer the following questions
- Choose whether the noted spelling, vocabulary word or phrase, or grammar is British English, American English
- Here you are some British words. Write the common American word.
- Inizio modulo The following words are spelled in British English - write the American spelling
- Fine modulo Inizio modulo Write the common American word instead of the British English word
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Formatting of dates Dates usually include a definite article in UK spoken English, such as "the 11th of July", or "July the 11th", while American speakers say "July 11th". Numbers When saying or writing out numbers, the British will typically insert an "and" before the tens and units, as in "one hundred and sixty-two" and "two thousand and three". In America, it is considered correct to drop the "and" as in "two thousand three"; however, this is rarely heard in everyday speech, "two thousand and three" being much more common. In the case of years, however, "twelve thirty-four" would be the norm on both sides of the Atlantic for the year 1234. The year 2000 and years beyond it are read as "two thousand", "two thousand (and) one" and the like by both British and American speakers. For years after 2009, they are frequently said "twenty ten", "twenty twelve" etc. by the BBC. When referring to the numeral 0, British people would normally use "nought", "oh", "zero" or "nil" in instances such as sports scores and voting results. Americans use the term "zero" frequently.
General American English (GAE) is closest to be standard. It is common in Midwest, but it is spoken everywhere in the USA. People who are said to speak "without an accent" are actually speaking with this leveled-out form of speech that developed from the mid-Atlantic stretching westward through the Ohio valley . Most features of Standard American developed from a leveled mixture of dialects mostly from the poorer classes along the middle Atlantic seaboard who immigrated west after the American Revolution to find a better life. Regional dialects in the United States reflect the elements of the language of the main immigrant groups in any particular region of the country, especially in terms of pronunciation and vocabulary. There are four main regional variations of spoken American English: Northern (really north-eastern), Southern, Midland, and Western (Labov, Ash, & Boberg, 2006). The main differences between them are in accent and vocabulary. Northern dialects are spread west from New York and Boston. The old rich families of Boston speak with a distinctive Bostonian accent which is similar to Britain’s RP. Midland dialects developed when settlers left Philadelphia. These dialects contain features from the Northern and Southern ones. Southern dialects are quite different. It has been influenced by French, Spanish, African Americans and native American languages in fact black English and Southern dialects have a lot in common. Every foreigner can recognize the southern drawl accent. Western dialects contain features from the Northern and Southern groups. Within the Western dialects there are a increasing differences. For example in south-western dialects there a a lot of influences of Mexican Spanish. The three major dialect regions of the United States identified in Map 1 -- the Inland North, the South, and the West -- correspond to the three vowel patterns first presented in "The Three Dialects of English" (Labov 1991). They are the major expanding patterns that are actively forming the linguistic landscape of the country., As developed in this paper, the phonological center of these opposing patterns are the Northern Cities Shift in the Inland North, the Southern Shift in the South, and the Low Back Merger in the West. Since that time, a fourth phonological pattern, the Canadian Shift, has been reported in Clark, Elms and Youssef 1995. Discussion of this pattern will be presented when the Canadian interviews are analyzed. 
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Sources McArthur, T., Oxford Guide to World English. Oxford:, Oxford University Press, 2002 Bragg, M., The Adventure of English, London, Sceptre, 2004 Peters, P., The Cambridge Guide to English Usage. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2004 Simpson, John (ed.), Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition. Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1989 Algeo, J., British or American English?. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2006 Peters, P., The Cambridge Guide to English Usage. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2004 Complete the sentences BE is ……………………………………………………………………. AE is …………………………………………………………………….. RP is ………………………………………………………………...….. RS is …………………………………………………………………….. GAE is …………………………………………………………………... Answer the following questions 
What are the most important dialects in England? _________________________________________ What is Cockney? __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ And Estuary English? __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ Where is Geordie spoken? __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ What are the most important dialects in the USA? _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ What are the most important differences between BE and AE? _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ Choose whether the noted spelling, vocabulary word or phrase, or grammar is British English, American English. We went on a two week vacation last month. British American Could you pass me an eraser? I need to erase this mistake. British American Why is there so much rubbish in here? British American Excuse me, where is the rest room? British American Did you see that new programme last night? British American Put your luggage in the trunk. British American It's in the town center. British American Did you see that new program last night? British American Here you are some British words. Write the common American word.
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