After 50 years of work, the fifth and final volume of the Dictionary of American Regional English is complete and set for publication in March. A look back at the making of a great project on speech across America, and a look ahead at new frontiers in dialect research and what lies ahead for DARE.
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One has to wonder whether these wordies have somehow managed to include in their "research" the wonderful rich regional accents that are morphing into accentless broadcastese. The variations of ayuh in regions of Maine, Vermont and New HaMpshire is a great example. Never mind all the various differences across the South of the U.S. Now, will one of these wordies please tell me how to use the word "wicked"?