IH Dialect atlas

Britain & Ireland United States

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Accents

Great Lakes

Inland North Around the Great Lakes

The South

Southern The southern states

Middle of the country

Midland The middle of the country

Mountains and Pacific

Western The western states

North East coast

Eastern New England Eastern Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Maine
New York City The five boroughs and nearby

Pennsylvania

Pittsburgh Pittsburgh and western Pennsylvania

Sounds

put · putt
nurse · square
pull · pool
wine · whine
think → fink
butter → bu'er
house → 'ouse
milk → miwk
bath
cot · caught
pin · pen
Mary · marry · merry
horse · hoarse
bat → be-at
bed → bay-ed
writer · rider
car → cah
father · bother

Sample data: not yet checked against sources, and some of it is placeholder.

Accents of the United States

7 accents · 54 places. Pick one on the left, or click the map.

Where an accent is heard

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