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The Names Of Us English: Valley Girl, Cowboy, Yankee, Normal, Nasal, And Ignorant, Laura Hartley, Dennis R. Preston
The Names Of Us English: Valley Girl, Cowboy, Yankee, Normal, Nasal, And Ignorant, Laura Hartley, Dennis R. Preston
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A commonplace in United States (hereafter US) linguistics is that every region supports its own standard; none is the locus (or source) of the standard. Historically that is a fair assessment, for no long-term centre of culture, economy and government has dominated in the US.