Do you speak American ? Words & Dialects:

All from PBS's speak project:
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Listen to these twelve audio samples. Match them to the area of the country that you think the speaker is from.

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Listen to radio stations from across the states to hear different accents.

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"Track That Word:" An index of American-isms.

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The Presidential Top 10

The top 10 words invented or promoted by presidents, in presidential order are:

• administration
  (Washington)

• caucus
  (John Adams)

• lengthy
  (John Adams)

• lengthily
  (Jefferson)

• belittle
  (Jefferson)

• muckraker
  (Theodore Roosevelt)

• lunatic fringe
  (Theodore Roosevelt)

• bloviation
  (Harding)

• normalcy
  (Harding)

• misunderestimate
  (G. W. Bush)

• embetterment
  (G. W. Bush)

Source: Presidential Voices, Metcalf, Allan. Houghlin Mifflin, 2004.