North American English Dialects
I am very interested in the regionalisms of the US and Canada: the accents, dialects, and vernacular unique to different places. Here are some links to information about North American regionalisms, grouped by region and state/province.
General North America
Pop vs Soda is a web-based project to plot the regional variations in the terms used to describe carbonated soft drinks in North America. You can help by filling out the survey!
United States
Harvard Dialect Survey Maps and Results
The North
Maine
The Wicked Good Guide to Mainah English (Archived)
Vermont
Talking Country phrases from the border between Vermont and Quebec.
Vermont Accent: Endangered Species? (Archived)
Massachusetts
The Wicked Good Guide to Boston English (Archived)
Boston Local Lingo (Archived)
Rhode Island
Talking the talk in Rhode Island (Archived)
The Mid-Atlantic
Pennsylvania
CoalSpeak - The Official CoalRegion Dictionary
The Original Lingo of Northeast PA (Archived)
Philly Tawk (Archived)
Maryland
Lexicon of Bawlamarese Baltimore, MD
Youz in Maryland talk funny... The "Merlin" Dialect
Baltimorese (Archived)
The South
A Glossary of Quaint Southernisms
Southern Dialect (Archived)
Appalachia
Inside Appalachia: Do We Talk Funny? "Ap-pal-atch-un" vs "Ap-pal-ay-shun"
Virginia
Tidewater Voices: Conversations in Southeastern Virginia
ODU team records area's accent - English with 'deep roots' (Archived) Article about the "Tidewater Voices" project
A Place Called Guinea: In Gloucester County, a centuries-old culture with its own dialect endures
Local Expressions from Bygone Times in the Piedmont and Lower Shenandoah Valley
The Tiny US Island With a British Accent Tangier Island, VA
Understanding Delmarva’s ‘whole-nother’ way of speaking
West Virginia
Hillbonics: Speak Like a Southern West Virginian
Tennessee
Kentucky
North Carolina
‘Talkin’ Tar Heel’ Explores Dialects
6 Expressions Say it All: Language Variation in the Tar Heel State
A Dialect Dictionary of Lumbee English (Archived)
South Carolina
Georgia
Louisiana
A Lexicon of New Orleans Terminology and Speech
Mississippi
Oklahoma
Oklahoma Dictionary (Archived)
Texas
The Midwest
"Canadian" raising in the Northern Midwest of the United States (Archived)
Wisconsin
Speak 'Scansin (Archived)
The West
American West/Cowboy – Vocabulary and Slang
Utah
Utah's Colloquialisms (Archived)
California
The California Central Coast Online Dictionary (Archived) (The website still comes up in search results, but won't load-- I'm not sure if the website is down temporarily, or permanently. You can't search or view the archived dictionary, so try visiting http://cccod.calpoly.edu if you'd like to access it. Or, email the webmaster if it's still down!
Canada
Canadian Raising and Other Oddities (Archived)
Ontario
Ottawa Valley Expressions (Archived)