Cockney is probably the second most famous British accent. It originated in the East End of London, but shares many features with and influences other dialects in that region.
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Dialect – a variety of a language spoken by a group of people and having features of vocabulary, grammar, and/or pronunciation that distinguish it from other varieties of the same language.
Theodore Dreiser (1871-1945) was born in Terre Haute, Indiana, and baptized as Herman Theodore Dreiser.
The Story Behind The “Foundation” by Isaac Asimov The date was August 1, 1941. World War II had been raging for two years.
Credit – transecting between two parties in which one (the creditor or lender) supplies money, goods/services, or securities in return for a promised future payment by the other (the debtor or borrow
From London down the Thames and into Essex, Sussex, and even Kent, a new working and middle class dialect has evolved and is rapidly become “the” southern dialect.
The world depression of the 1930s affected most of the population of the United States.
A Brief Assessment A prolific writer, Howells is regarded as “the father of American Realism.
According to legend, when Abraham Lincoln met Harriet Beecher Stowe in 1862 he said, “So you’re the little woman who wrote the book that started this Great War!
Thomas Stearns Eliot was born in St. Louis, Missouri, to a well- to-do family with roots in the northeastern United States.
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Frontier humor and realism Two major literary currents in 19th-century America merged in Mark Twain: popular frontier humor and local color, or “regionalism.
“The Story of the Century” Listeners who tuned into the radio Sunday, October 30, 1938, shortly after 8:00 p.m.