Language of the old southwest?

[AAllan at AOL.COM]

I'm embarrassed that I can't think of a single book, or readily accessible
article, to refer this inquirer to. (By the "old south-west" I think E.O.
means what we'd now call the "old South.") Any easy suggestions? If so, you
could post the answer to the list, as well as sending it to E.O.

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Dear Sir/ Mdm ( American Dialect Society )

I am a student of Bielefeld University in Germany and I have to do a
linguistic study about the American Dialects;a subject I find really
interesting. I have search in many places the information I need but I
cannot find it anywhere. So I wonder if You could help me in this task.

I am writing to You in order to recieve information about the dialect of
the old south-west, which appears in Mark Twain, Longstreet and Poe
works. I have tried to find this information in your homeweb but as I
said,I could not find it. That is why I would be grateful if You could
send me this information.

Thanking in advance for your kindly cooperation
I am looking forward to hearing from You
Yous faithfully

E.O
e.onuns_noguer at uni-bielefeld.de

Other e-mail adress in which you could send me this information:

atzucac13 at hotmail.com
lauravb at mixmail.com