The American Language

[macwilkin]

Also pointed out that he spoken English of Shakespeare's day had many similarities to what we consider Southern USA dialect in terms of pronunciation and inflection.

Noted Ozark folklorist Vance Randolph also raises this Ozark speech patterns and dialect in his book: Down in the Holler: A gallery of Ozarks folk speech. It's still fairly easy to find and well worth the read. I'll have find my copy and see what he has to say specifically.

Ironically, today my storytelling compadre and I will be talking about Randolph and Ozarks folklore to an English class at the University! :mrgreen:

Cheers,

Todd