Features of Regional Dialects

-Inland Northern
 /æ / as in careless, stairs, repair
 /s/ in greasy
 /u/as in Tuesday, tune, etc.
 ɑ / / as in orange , foreign
 /u/ as in coop
 / ʊ / as in roots
 /a/ somewhat fronted as in father
Examples of Inland North
Dialect
 / ʤorʤ wəz kærlɛs ænd lɛft hɪz grisi waʃræg ɪn
ðə kar/ /
 / læst tuzde ai klind ðə kup æz wɛl æz ðə barn/

 / wʊd yu watər ðə kætəl ɪn ðə pæsʧər/ /

 / dɪd yu hɪr əbaut ðə keʤən hu wɛnt we əp norθ tu
ʃrivport/
 / ai ləv fraid ʧɪkən wɪθ blækaid piz/
Features of Regional Dialects-
South Midland
 /yu/ after /t,d,n/ as in Tuesday, Due, News
 /ay/ as monothong [a ] in all positions five [fav]
nice [nas] ,etc.
 /au/ with a raised on-glide /æu/ as in out /æut/
 /z/ as in greasy /grizi/ and Mrs. /mɪz/
 / ɑu / upgliding diphthong as in dog /dɑug/
/ɔy/ monothongized as in oil /al/ boil /bal/
 Examples of South Midland
Dialect
 /a θu ðə ɑl kæn æut/
 / ðæt hæund daug ɪz gɛtən ɑn ma sɪstərs nyu
drɛs/ /
 / pʊt ðæt brɛʃ ænd krokər sæk In ðə dæug
hæus/ /
 /tyusde ma ma kærləs sɪstər bɑld korn kabs ɪn
ɑl/
 / θo ðə dæug æut əv ðə parlər/
Features of Regional Dialects
Eastern New England
 /e/ in dairy and Mary /deri/ /meri/
 /a/ as in orange /arenʤ /
 /a/ as in path /paθ / dance /dans/
 postvocalic /r// lost as in barn /ban/ and
park/pak/
 no contrast between the vowel of cot and caught
 /u/ after t,d,n as in Tuesday, due ,new
Examples of Eastern New
England Dialect
 / wɪl yu dans wɪð mai məðə /
 / may faðə pakt ðə ka niə ðə farɛn sɛntə/
 /may faðə lɛft ði arɛnʤ kat bihaynd ðə ban/
 / ayd raðə laf æt layfs prablɛmz bifo fiə haz
ðə last laf /
 / aftə ðə floə ʃo nayðə wən əv əs deəd tu
əpiə /
Features of Regional Dialects
Southern Plantation
 / ʊ / in bulky
 /ay/ monothongized as five /fav/
 / ɑ / as in oil /ɑl boil /bɑl/ and coil /kɑl/
 loss of post vocalic /l/ as in help /hɛp/
 loss of post vocalic /r/ as in barn /ban/
 /yu/ as in student /styudɛnt/
 Mrs. as /m ɪz/
 /z/ as in greasy /grizi/
Examples of Southern Plantation
Dialect
 /h ɛp yosɛf tu ðə gr ɪ ts/
 / a lak grizi frad ʧɪkən ðæt mɪz ʤonz hɛps
fɪks /
 / ma græn faðə krad tu si ðə kon lɪkə spiəld
ɑn ðə floə/
 / a ʃat ðæt polə beyə wɪð ma grizi hapun /