[Zeke]

Steve, I traced the dialects from England to the colonies and then west as the country was settled. You can here all kinds of different dialects in the South, but I'd dare say a lot of it has mutated. There are some pure spots left, I'm sure. But life has to be a lot slower with less outside influence. I think I mentioned Kentucky mining country as being more or less such a place.

We can hear the German and Nordic influence too. I didn't take it that far, but I guess the Great Lakes region would be a good place to start. Italians and Irish in New Yawk.