Mapping the American Tongue: The Dictionary of American Regional English (DARE), with Joan Houston Hall

<p>1165. Today, we talk with Joan Houston Hall to look at the monumental task of documenting how Americans speak. We look at the Dictionary of American Regional English (DARE), exploring the unique folk words that survive outside of standard dictionaries and how "word wagons" traveled the country to map the "egg turners," "pogonips," and "oncers" that define our regional identities.</p><p><a href="https://www.daredictionary.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">"Dictionary of American Regional English" (DARE)</a></p><p>Support DARE by visiting the <a href="https://secure.supportuw.org/give/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">University of Wisconsin's …