figure 7.1 Regional Dialects in the U.S. These maps show six regions of the United States that have distinct dialects. Three terms are listed beneath each region: First, the regional name for carbonated soft drinks; second, how people in the region refer to “you all” (the second-person plural); and finally, how people in each region pronounce the word “pecan.”
Figures adapted from Clopper, C. G., Conrey, B., & Pisoni, D. B. (2005). Text adapted from dialect MAPs by Joshua Katz, http://spark.rstudio.com/jkatz/SurveyMAPs/