Work has finally been completed on the Dictionary of Regional American English. A five decade long project (!), it is the most thorough dictionary of regional Americanisms to date. You can see a small sample of these regionalisms here. I only knew 8 of the 100, mostly either the West Coast terms (bear claw) or northern Midwest terms (kitty corner), and a few from forays into cooking (lutefisk). Still, pretty cool. I've always enjoyed finding out that English words that I think are common place are in fact Americanisms -- I remember startling an Australian friend when I asked if I could crack her window a bit (as in to open it slightly)... Any regionalisms you're fond of? To our global readers, any Americanisms you enjoy or are stymied by?
Oh, okay, FINE! Here! The classic Weird Al Yankovic song "Dare to Be Stupid" too. That's what you clicked this entry to see all along, isn't it?! Sigh...
