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African-American Vernacular English [a] ( AAVE) [b] is the variety of English natively spoken, particularly in urban communities, by most working - and middle-class African Americans and some Black Canadians. [4] Having its own unique grammatical, vocabulary, and accent features, AAVE is employed by middle-class Black Americans as the more ...
West Memphis is the largest city in Crittenden County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 26,245 at the 2010 census, [3] ranking it as the state's 18th largest city, behind Bella Vista. It is part of the Memphis metropolitan area, and is located directly across the Mississippi River from Memphis, Tennessee .
Regional vocabulary within American English varies. Below is a list of lexical differences in vocabulary that are generally associated with a region. A term featured on a list may or may not be found throughout the region concerned, and may or may not be recognized by speakers outside that region. Some terms appear on more than one list.
Memphis, Tennessee. Gateway/Arch Town/The Big Arch St. Louis, Missouri. Ghost Town Casper, Wyoming: Guitar Town Nashville, Tennessee. Gunspoint Greenspoint (an area of Houston, Texas). Hippie Haven / Bat City / Waterloo: Austin, Texas. Hog Town Toronto, Ontario. Hotlanta: Atlanta, Georgia (now widely used among the general public).
Massachusettsan. Bay Stater (official term used by state government) and Citizen of the Commonwealth (identifier used in state law) [30] Massachusettsian, [31] Massachusite, [32] [33] Masshole (derogatory [34] as an exonym; however, it can be affectionate when applied as an endonym [35] ) Michigan. Michiganian.
A Baltimore accent, also known as Baltimorese and sometimes humorously spelled Bawlmerese [1] or Ballimorese, [2] is an accent or sub-variety of Delaware Valley English (a dialect whose largest hub is Philadelphia) that originates among blue-collar residents of Baltimore, Maryland, United States. It extends into the Baltimore metropolitan area ...
African-American English (or AAE; also known as Black American English or simply Black English in American linguistics) is the set of English sociolects spoken by most Black people in the United States and many in Canada; most commonly, it refers to a dialect continuum ranging from African-American Vernacular English to a more standard American English.
Unless otherwise specified, Words in English from Amerindian Languages is among the sources used for each etymology. A number of words from Quechua have entered English, mostly via Spanish, adopting Hispanicized spellings. Ayahuasca (definition) from aya "corpse" and waska "rope", via Spanish ayahuasca.