“ What neighborhood do you know in ? ” “ How ’s your mom ? ” “ Where do you go to church ? ” These are just some of the room people all across the res publica say hello to strangers .
“ The Geography of Small Talk ” was put together by The Atlantic based on enquiry from their correspondent Deborah Fallows to bet at the questions people use to set about a conversation with stranger .
We ’ve looked before at the some of the way that Americandialects switch around the country , but this video is an interesting example of the ways that not just the news , but the meanings of regionalism can translate from absolutely bland to sometimes rather encroaching when take aim out of their geographical context .
http://io9.com/this-quiz-pinpoints-your-american-dialect-down-to-the-t-1441692591/all
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