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How many different dialects would you say are in America?

Posted on 4/28/14 at 8:42 pm
Posted by Mike da Tigah
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Posted on 4/28/14 at 8:42 pm
This guy says 25, but others say more and some are more general and say less. However, even with the 24, I find so many variations in Louisiana for example that it's more than that even. For instance, there are many different variations of actual Cajun French spoken that I believe have caused differences in dialects of different areas, and then in New Orleans you have distinct differences you can detect between a person from say Chalmette and someone from say Terrytown or maybe Mid City, etc, and proceed west and there's a noticeable difference in what you find around LaPlace, Reserve, Lutcher, and then BR, or cross the river and listen to people speak from the Lafayette area and then Opelousas. Perhaps they're more subtle differences that people here pick up on more so than someone from out of state might not notice right off, but I think there are plenty more than just 25 different dialects in this country.

What say you?





This post was edited on 4/28/14 at 8:52 pm
Posted by Walt OReilly
Poplarville, MS
Member since Oct 2005
124694 posts
Posted on 4/28/14 at 8:44 pm to
bama trash and the rest
Posted by Paul Allen
Montauk, NY
Member since Nov 2007
75306 posts
Posted on 4/28/14 at 8:47 pm to
40-50
Posted by chillygentilly
70122
Member since Aug 2012
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Posted on 4/28/14 at 8:48 pm to
No Alaska or Hawaii? Hawaii would add at least one more

Edit: Nevermind. On the list, not the map.
This post was edited on 4/28/14 at 8:50 pm
Posted by JohnZeroQ
Pelicans of Lafourche
Member since Jan 2012
8515 posts
Posted on 4/28/14 at 8:51 pm to
Shah Lawd

Op no mention Lafourche !!

I get what you say though about how different the dialects change in such a short distance. Really speaks to Louisiana and specifically SELA's super unique cultures.
Posted by Fun Bunch
New Orleans
Member since May 2008
116379 posts
Posted on 4/28/14 at 8:55 pm to
Accent and dialect aren't the same thing.
Posted by Ed Osteen
Member since Oct 2007
57540 posts
Posted on 4/28/14 at 8:56 pm to
I feel like there are more than 25 in just Louisiana alone
This post was edited on 4/28/14 at 8:56 pm
Posted by pivey14
In Your Head
Member since Mar 2012
15445 posts
Posted on 4/28/14 at 8:56 pm to
I like how our city/area has its own dialect

I can usually tell where people are from in South LA by their accent.
This post was edited on 4/28/14 at 8:58 pm
Posted by ClydeFrog
Kenya
Member since Jul 2012
3261 posts
Posted on 4/28/14 at 10:06 pm to
It's over 9,000.
Posted by northshorebamaman
Cochise County AZ
Member since Jul 2009
35532 posts
Posted on 4/28/14 at 10:11 pm to
I've spent most of my life between Norcal, WA state, and Utah, and I don't hear anything that makes those three, distinct dialects.
Posted by M. A. Ryland
silver spring, MD
Member since Dec 2005
2051 posts
Posted on 4/28/14 at 11:19 pm to
quote:

How many different dialects would you say are in America?


Henry Higgins say no fewer than 15,930,127.
Posted by lsu480
Downtown Scottsdale
Member since Oct 2007
92877 posts
Posted on 4/28/14 at 11:21 pm to
That map is wrong. Arizona and SoCal are the exact same but SoCal and NorCal are slightly different.
Posted by GRTiger
On a roof eating alligator pie
Member since Dec 2008
63354 posts
Posted on 4/29/14 at 10:50 am to
Does this really say that people in Houston (and maybe even Austin is in there)speak the same as people in Mississippi and Alabama?
Posted by Phil A Sheo
equinsu ocha
Member since Aug 2011
12166 posts
Posted on 4/29/14 at 10:52 am to
certainly more than 25... cross the bridge into Brusly and you'll understand
Posted by SouthOfSouth
Baton Rouge
Member since Jun 2008
43476 posts
Posted on 4/29/14 at 11:07 am to
Just from a Louisiana perspective, Nola people talk different from everyone else. There's another dialect for rural Louisiana. I think Baton Rouge people speak more like other southern areas.
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