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<div>Several people have asked, so I'm writing to pass along my
planned project assignment for my summer students. </div>
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<div>The class: "The American English
Language." A sort of hybrid of History of the English
Language and American Dialects. It runs 8 weeks--3 hours/day, 2
days/week. We have spent June with Barber's _The English
Language: A Historical Introduction_. We will spend July with
Wolfram and Schilling-Estes' _American English_. It's a
junior-level class, but of course has sophomores and seniors in it,
too. About half the class is American and half
international.</div>
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<div>The project: From a list of DARE pairs, students choose a
pair, then use DARE and its very helpful website to write up a 3-4
page overview of the terms and the people who use them. Next,
find the survey question/s used to elicit these terms, and ask a
specific number of people (what do you ADSers think--5?
10? 15?) the same question. Record demographic, ethnic
and geographical (like where they were born/raised/etc.) information
for these respondents as well as their answers to the question.
Write up a 3-4 page account of your findings.</div>
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<div>Thanks to Don Lance for helping me figure this out. I'm
also open to any suggestions folks might have, especially if you have
done something like this yourself and know where the pitfalls
are.</div>
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<div>Here is the tentative list of "pairs" I am working
with--I appreciate all contributions. Remember, all pair
members must begin with the letters A-O. I'm aware of pairs
such as couch/davenport, but since there's another major term in that
trio--sofa--that we can't access yet, I'm not going to include
it. I'm considering removing the hoagie group for this
reason--sub and po'boy can't come into the picture yet. I have
11 students, so I think this list will suffice, but feel free to
comment on these or suggest others.</div>
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<div>Again, thanks to all who contributed!</div>
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<div><font color="#000000">1. firefly/lightning bug</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000">2. lunch/dinner</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000">3. hoagie/hero/grinder</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000">4. eaves/gutter</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000">5. bureau/dresser</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000">6. burlap bag/gunny sack/croker
sack</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000">7. green pepper/bell
pepper/mango</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000">8. daddy longlegs/granddaddy
longlegs</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000">9. dirt dauber/mud dauber/mud
wasp</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000">10. beetle/june bug</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000">11. footstool/hassock/ottoman</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000">12. crawfish/crawdad/crayfish</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000">13. casserole/hot dish/covered
dish</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000">14. flat screwdriver/flat-head
screwdriver</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000">15. adjustable wrench/monkey
wrench</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000">16. credenza/bookcase</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000">17. brush hook/Kaiser blade</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000">18. creek/crick</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000">19. egg cream/frappe/milkshake/malted,
etc.</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000">20. monkey bars/jungle gym</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000">21. (grocery) cart/buggy</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000">22. andiron/firedog</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000">23. dragon fly/darning needle/mosquito
hawk</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000">24. frosting/icing</font></div>
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<div>-- <br>
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Greg<br>
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greg@pulliam.org<br>
http://www.pulliam.org</div>
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