I see many questions about english which has different dialects?

Question

Spending my first years in San Francisco, found we have our own dialect. Then moved to Fresno CA learned a form of talking with our own sound.Then upon retireing moved to Oklahoma. I love the southern sound but many things were a challenge. While looking for a place to get the Utilities turned on came to find each thing has its own office. With the last name you would expect it to be. Our license needed to be changed and our car license plate. We were looking for the DMV office. There is no such animal. It is the Tag office.
electric is not PG & E but PSO. Find the guy that owns the gas well and pay him. The telephone is CRoss.
I cannot imagine the effort that foreigners must go through not even understanding the language. The city dump is the transfer station. A creek is a brook or a branch.
And a canyon is a hollar. When someone Hollars in Ca.
That is a loud noise. Has anyone else found the English language different in cities?

then there was the trip to New Orleans.
Take a french to english dictionary.
A cajun book of English to interpet.
you should have a passport to go there.

Answer 1

As a US citizen, I want to thank you for your observation. Other nations have a tendency to thing the US is just one big homogenous group where 400 million people share one culture and one language. In reality, we are a nation of many, many subcultures and dialects. Saying that all Americans speak the same language is like saying all of Europe speakes Europenese.

One example, in my state, soft drinks like Coke and Pepsi are called Pop. Go to anyother state and ask for a Pop, and watch for the blank stare you get. They drink Soda!


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Answer 2

that is really true, and when someone from North or South Dakota speaks I know where they are from they have their own sound. There is a wheat farmer in Nebraska who knows nothing of the world of the businessman in New York.
California is a whole other country. And you haven't lived until you have vacationed in Florida. Floridians have their own world. Let's face it we are a bunch of countries all mashed into this federal thing. Go to a military camp and just listen, the men come from all states and try to guess which one.
Usually you can. Especially California; you know, like they have their own language. Don't even try to understand a cajun.

Answer 3

I am out of practice now, but when I lived in New York City I could tell which borough (county):
Manhattan,
Queens,
Brooklyn,
Staten Island,
The Bronx

a person was from just by the speech differences.

RE: Fancy That - If you go to Boston you will have to ask for a "tonic"!
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Answer 4

Texas
Michigan
South Carolina
Alabama
New Yawk

Answer 5

I SUPPOSE TAT IT DEPENDS IF U COMPARE AN EUROPEAN WITH A AMERICAN & THEN WITH AN INDIAN UL C THE DIFFERENCE URSELF