1. Dialects Katie Benton

2. The questions What do you call someone who is the opposite of pigeon-toed (i.e. when they walk their feet point outwards)? Do you pronounce "cot" and "caught" the same? Do you use "spigot" or "spicket" to refer to a faucet or tap that water comes out of? Would you say "Are you coming with?" as a full sentence, to mean "Are you coming with us?" What do you call the long narrow place in the middle of a divided highway? What do you call the insect that flies around in the summer and has a rear section that glows in the dark? What do you call the miniature lobster that one finds in lakes and streams for example (a crustacean of the family Astacidae)? What nicknames do/did you use for your maternal grandmother? (Paternal=Fathers side, Maternal=Mothers side) Cot vs. Caught

3. The Questions Cont.. Dinner vs. Supper What about your paternal grandmother (is there a distinction between paternal and maternal?) What is the distinction between dinner and supper? What do you call the thing from which you might drink water in a school? What do you call a traffic jam caused by drivers slowing down to look at an accident or other diversion on the side of the road? What is the thing that women use to tie their hair? What do you call the wheeled contraption in which you carry groceries at the supermarket? What do/did you call your maternal grandfather? Paternal grandfather?

5. What is the thing that women use to tie their hair?

6. What do you call the thing from which you might drink water in a school?

7. What do you call the miniature lobster that one finds in lakes and streams for example (a crustacean of the family Astacidae)?

9. The answers that I planned to get would vary depending on the age and gender of the participants.

10. The men would answer differently to the grandmother question because of their “masculinity” and they would be less prone to call their grandmother “mimi”

11. The crawfish/crayfish question I was looking for how people spelled/said it differently.

13. Responses What do you call the wheeled contraption in which you carry groceries at the supermarket? What do you call the miniature lobster that one finds in lakes and streams for example (a crustacean of the family Astacidae)? Carriage Shopping Cart Cart Grocery Cart The responses for this question were varied and didn’t follow a gender pattern that I would they would. Crawfish Crayfish Craws Crawdad The men were more likely to say “crawfish” and the women mostly said “crayfish”

14. Responses to: What nicknames did you use for you paternal and maternal grandmothers? Gram Grandma Nana Grandma (Last Name) Nana Gram Grandma Mimi Abuela Grandma (Last Name) Grammy Male responses: Female responses: