This exercise is designed to help you crystallize your thoughts on how American English is spoken around the country. Here is a map of the United States divided up into its major dialect regions.

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DENNIS - For the second time this year, a flamingo has been spotted in Massachusetts. A member of the Facebook group "Cape Cod Birders" took a picture of the American flamingo on Chapin Beach in ...