For variations in the pronunciation of spoken English in North America, see North American English regional phonology.
American English regional vocabulary
Grinder, hero, hoagie, or sub?
Gym shoe, sneaker, or tennis shoe?
Regional vocabulary within American English varies. Below is a list of lexical differences in vocabulary that are generally associated with a region. A term featured on a list may or may not be found throughout the region concerned, and may or may not be recognized by speakers outside that region. Some terms appear on more than one list.
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Spanish. Among the earliest and most notable regular "English" additions to the Americanvocabulary, dating from the early days of colonization through...
pronunciation, vocabulary, spelling, and other aspects of grammar. For the classification of varieties of English only in of pronunciation, see regional accents...
delimiters. North AmericanEnglishregional phonology is the study of variations in the pronunciation of spoken North AmericanEnglish (English of the United...
Australian English is a major variety of the English language spoken throughout Australia. Most of the vocabulary of Australian English is shared with...
often referred to as AmericanEnglish and British English. Differences between the two include pronunciation, grammar, vocabulary (lexis), spelling, punctuation...
the Standard English of different primary-speaking populations. Accent is the part of dialect concerning local pronunciation. Vocabulary and grammar are...
colony of the United States, the Philippine English lexicon shares most of its vocabulary from AmericanEnglish, but also has loanwords from native languages...
identify many English dialects, which usually refer to regional varieties that differ from each other in terms of patterns of grammar, vocabulary, and pronunciation...
deviations from standard English. The basilect is used very informally by those with limited proficiency and vocabulary in English, and it has features of...
vocabulary, grammar and particularly spelling that are unified nationwide but distinct from other English dialects around the world. Any American or...
term for a "package (liquor) store" in Massachusetts - see AmericanEnglishregionalvocabulary Paki (slur), British and Canadian ethnic slur for a Pakistani...
similarities between the pronunciations (accents), vocabulary, and grammar of AmericanEnglish and Canadian English, the two spoken varieties are often grouped...
considered part of Cubonics. AmericanEnglishregionalvocabulary North AmericanEnglishregional phonology California English Watts, Gabriella (26 August...
etymologies Western Pennsylvania English Pennsylvania Dutch English Midland AmericanEnglishAmericanEnglishregionalvocabulary Jawn Baker, Adam; Mielke, Jeff;...
in grammar and vocabulary. The differences are rarely a barrier to effective communication between AmericanEnglish and British English speakers, but there...
New York City English, or Metropolitan New York English, is a regional dialect of AmericanEnglish spoken primarily in New York City and some of its surrounding...
and AmericanEnglish as well as local Aboriginal languages, it is in vocabulary where regional varieties are most distinct from each other. Regional phonological...
and transcription delimiters. Midland AmericanEnglish is a regional dialect or super-dialect of AmericanEnglish, geographically lying between the traditionally-defined...
Middle English saw significant changes to its vocabulary, grammar, pronunciation, and orthography. Writing conventions during the Middle English period...
[hɪʊ̯]. Australian English Australian English phonology Australian Englishvocabulary Variation in Australian English Other regional varieties: Western...
preserved older phonemic distinctions. Since much of the traditional regionalvocabulary concerned farming and rural life, these terms are now disappearing...
proximity. British English, for example, is the closest English to Indian English, but Indian English has extra vocabulary and some English words are assigned...
Cities Vowel Shift Received Pronunciation Regionalvocabularies of AmericanEnglish Standard Written English Transatlantic accent Some British sources...
vocabulary from AmericanEnglish, including some terms later considered to be typically Australian, such as bushwhacker and squatter. This American influence...