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Dedicated to the study of language variation and change in American English, with special regard to the West, pop lyrics, and social media.

"Hotter than &%$#!"

August 01, 2016 by Lamont Antieau in corpus dialectology

A post looking at variation expressions for "the weather is hotter than" in the Linguistic Atlas of the Middle Rockies.

A post on variants used for male horses in the Linguistic Atlas of the Middle Rockies

April 08, 2016 by Lamont Antieau in corpus dialectology

Terms for "running shoes" in several corpora, particularly Twitter

A post on terms used for poor livestock in the Linguistic Atlas of the Middle Rockies

Variation in terms in the Linguistic Atlas of the Middle Rockies for "dog of mixed breed"

Variation in the terms for outhouse in the Linguistic Atlas of the Middle Rockies

In this post, I look at variation in the use of generic terms for soft drinks in the Linguistic Atlas of the Middle Rockies.

An analysis of variation in terms denoting aspen in the Linguistic Atlas of the Middle Rockies

An introduction to the Linguistic Atlas of the Middle Rockies for readers who are not familiar with the project.