An American linguistic archive has been documenting the ‘speechways of the folk’ for nearly 100 years
<p><strong>Farmer: </strong>Many people pronounce that <em>February</em> different from what I’ve always heard it pronounced: “Feberary,” “Febuary.” I don’t know how they get that kind of <em>Uh</em> on that <em>U.</em></p>
<p><strong>Patrick Cox:</strong> It’s 1960. The man being questioned is a retired farmer. The man asking the questions is a linguist. He asks the farmer question after question: about months, days, the weather, the rooms in the house, the furniture.</p>
<p><strong>Interviewer:</strong> This is what?</p>
<p><a href="https://subtitlepod-62956.medium.com/an-american-linguistic-archive-has-been-documenting-the-speechways-of-the-folk-for-nearly-100-961e9f50574d"><strong>Read More</strong></a></p>