This exercise is designed to help you crystallize your thoughts on how American English is spoken around the country. Here is a map of the United States divided up into its major dialect regions.

Philip Gooden: "Americans have taken some British English terms ... The very characteristic American “gotten” for the past tense of “get” has died out over here, but it does survive ...

British English and American English are two widely spoken languages, with several variations in vocabulary, grammar, spellings, and pronunciation. While both versions are understandable ...