TOOLS: Smithsonian article on dictionary of regional dialects (cross-posted)

[Ruth E. Thaler-Carter]

Colleagues might enjoy an article in the March 2012 Smithsonian magazine on "Speaking American," about "the nation's most ambitious dictionary of regional dialects." I especially liked the opening graf: "'On to Z!' reads the tombstone of Frederic Cassidy, the first editor of the Dictionary of American Regional English (DARE). He started the project in 1962, and the dictionary's last words (SI-Z) will finally be published this month."

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