Dictionary of American Regional English, Volume I: A-C »

Frederic G. Cassidy was Professor of English at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.

This series capture the language spoken on America's main streets and country roads, words and phrases passed along within homes and communities, from east to west, north to south, childhood to old age. Built upon an unprecedented survey of spoken English across America and bolstered by extensive historical research, this series preserves the language with all its idioms and peculiarities.

Stuart B. Flexner - New York Times Book Review

This long-awaited, definitive and fascinating Dictionary of American Regional English [DARE]...is all we had hoped for and more. It includes the regional and folk language, past and present, of the old and the young, men and women, white and black, the rural and the urban, from all walks of life...Although DARE will be one of the most scholarly, comprehensive and detailed dictionaries ever completed...it will also be one of the easiest and most enjoyable to use or browse in...This is an exciting, lasting work of useful scholarship accomplished with excellence, a work that scholars and laypeople alike will study, use and enjoy for generations.

Acknowledgments

Introduction

The DARE Map and Regional Labels

Language Changes Especially Common in American Folk Speech

Guide to Pronunciation

Text of Questionnaire

List of Informants

List of Abbreviations

Dictionary of American Regional English, A-C