Several years ago, I was listening to a talk show, and the guest mentioned there are 29 different southern dialects. I found that fascinating, but I have never found anything online that backs that up. The most I’ve found is seven.
Dialects seem to go hand-in-hand with colloquialisms. This region has its own vocabulary and way of uttering it and so does that one–the Great American Melting Pot. (Although my definition differs slightly from the one in Schoolhouse Rock.)…