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Rate these American accents in terms of neutrality?
take the following cities and number them from most neutral to most non-neutral. if you think thatpeople from any of these cities talk the same, put those cities all on the same number. if you are not famliar with the accent of any of these cities please just guess. ty! (cities are listed loosely West to East)
LA, San Francisco, Seattle, Dallas, Austin, Lubbock Texas, Denver, Fargo, Minneapolis, Madison Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Chicago, Rockford IL, Springfield IL, Detroit, Lansing Michigan, St. louis Missouri, Cleveland, Cinncinnati, Pittsburg, Philadelphia, Memphis, Jackson Mississippi, Baton rouge Louisiana, New orleans, Montgomery Alabama, Orlando, Miami, Tallahassee Florida, Atlanta, Charleston SC, Charlotte NC, Richmond Virginia, Washington DC, Newark New Jersey, new york city, buffalo new york, Springfield MA, Boston, Providence Rhode Island, Bangor Maine, anchorage alaska, hilo hawaii
1. LA, San Francisco,
2. Seattle,
3. hilo hawaii
4. anchorage alaska
5. Chicago
6. Rockford IL, Springfield IL
7. Lansing Michigan
8. Orlando, Miami
9. Tallahassee Florida
10. Providence Rhode Island
11. Washington DC
12. Bangor Maine
13. Denver
14. Cinncinnati
15. Cleveland
16. Atlanta
17. Milwaukee
18. Madison Wisconsin
19. Detroit
20. Richmond Virginia
21. Charleston SC, Charlotte NC
22. new york city
23. buffalo new york
24. Philadelphia
25. Dallas, Austin
26. Minneapolis
27. Springfield MA,
28. Pittsburg
29. Baton rouge Louisiana
30. Memphis
31. New orleans
32. Lubbock Texas
33. St. louis Missouri
34. Newark New Jersey
35. Boston
36. Jackson Mississippi
37. Montgomery Alabama
38. Fargo
wow….I can’t believe I was bored enough to do that
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BISON or BUFFALO Poster reprint from illustration by Baker of Chicago out of CECIL’S BOOKS of NATURAL STUDY — 1885 by Peabody. (Poster reprint 17×11 inches) $5.00 17×11 inch, high quality rereprint by Blackstone Lithographs. Source of the image is the Book: CECIL’S BOOKS of NATURAL STUDY published in 1885 written by Selim H. Peabody. Artist is Baker – Chicago This image features the BISON or BUFFALO…. |
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Buffalo Bill in Bologna: The Americanization of the World, 1869-1922 $22.90 When it comes to the production and distribution of mass culture, no country in modern times has come close to rivaling the success of America. From blue jeans in central Europe to Elvis Presley’s face on a Republic of Chad postage stamp, the reach of American mass culture extends into every corner of the globe. Most believe this is a twentieth-century phenomenon, but here Robert W. Rydell and Rob… |
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The Last Fine Time $9.95 By turns, an elegy, a celebration, and a social history, The Last Fine Time is a tour de force of lyrical style. Verlyn Klinkenborg chronicles the life of a family-owned restaurant in Buffalo, New York, from its days as a prewar Polish tavern to its reincarnation as George & Eddie’s, a swank nightspot serving highballs and French-fried shrimp to a generation of optimistic and prosperous Americans…. |
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Where the Buffalo Roam: Restoring America’s Great Plains $12.95 In 1987 Frank and Deborah Popper proposed a bold solution to the decline of America’s Great Plains: create a vast nature preserve by returning 139,000 square miles in ten states to prairie and reintroducing the buffalo that once roamed there. In Where the Buffalo Roam, Anne Matthews follows the Poppers from Montana to Texas as they try to sell their idea called the Buffalo Commons; in the pr… |
U wanna be an American footballer::::::know how?
Gridiron or American Football; the religion which has crossed the frontiers of being a physical competition .Walter Camp, the father of American Football gave it a professional outlook and introduced line of scrimmage and down-and-distance rules. Ohio League formed in 1903, was the first Professional League and in 1919 first Professional Football championship game was played between the Buffalo Prospects and the Canton Bulldogs Though started in mid nineties as collegiate rugby, the game is still played by many.
The style of playing this game is different from the contemporary ones, thus makes it much more fascinating. It achieved its popularity as it caters to the sports of the overweight. The two teams, each consisting of 11 players being divided into 3 individual separate units….the offence, the defense and the special teams.
Super Bowl, the championship game of the National Football League,( formed as American Professional Football Association consists of 32 teams from the United States.), usually played in the first week of February along with Thanksgiving classic and New Years Day college games are the long standing traditions stilled cherished in the hearts of many Americans .Sports Illustrated Weekly portrays it to be the sports on maximum covers both in the professional as well as college arena.
Popular teams like Cleveland Browns, Houston Texans, Baltimore Ravens, Chicago Bears and many more home town teams are in the spotlight. .Tennessee Titans are presently the league leaders. And to find out much more information on the history, rules and the teams, check out this blog http://www.americanfootballblog.com/ game is still young and popular, learn all the basic insights to become a valuable fan.
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