By Gene Novogrodsky
“Go ‘head.
Yaw not a kar,”
The flagman says to the cyclist.
“The f—–’ trouble stahted
When yaw went to the f—–’ staw,”
The fat mother, scrubbing the front porch
Says to the fat daughter who’s standing on the porch.
…and where are the accent-division lines in the United States?
Deep South until New Jersey or Pennsylvania ….
Texas until Iowa ….
Lower [...]

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