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I chose Orange County, CA because it is my hometown. Based on the Washington Post map, the language most spoken other than English is Spanish. 44.7% of 2,795,718 residents are non-English speakers and speak Spanish. The second map was confusing to me but what I gathered is that in the West, "cot"="caught" and that the vowel of “too” is significantly more fronted than vowel of “toe”. Orange County dialect can be compared to Eastern or Midwestern accents. In the recording, I noticed that a lot of the times she would put more emphasis on the last word in the sentence. I also noticed that she would make some of the sentences sound like questions.

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1. My hometown- Gaithersburg MD located in Montgomery County MD.
2. The second most used language is Spanish and 38% of the 895,929 people in my county are non-English speakers.
3. East Midland
While there was not a recording for anywhere in my county, the DC recording sounded familiar. It is definitely hard for my to pick things apart though because I am so used to hearing the dialect myself. I think it would also be hard to get a one accurate dialect as my county is quite diverse and depending on how far north, south, east, or west you drive it can change drastically.
4. Kate Allen

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I focused on Pueblo County Colorado. The most prevalent language other than English is Spanish and it is spoken by 13.9% of the County's population. The dialect of English that is spoken in Pueblo County is Western American English. The audio samples from this area suggest that he had an emphasis on the "s"and "p" and a "pin"="pen" accent like most people in the Pueblo area. -Charlie Loehr

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Macey Rawlinson

1. The geographic area I chose was San Mateo County, CA which is where I grew up.
2. The most prevalent language other than English in this area is Spanish. 44.9% out of 665,360 people in San Mateo County are Non-English speakers who speak Spanish.
3. While looking into the information shown on the North American Dialects map, I saw that in San Mateo County, "cot" does not sound the same as "caught" and "on" rhymes with "don" instead of "dawn".
3a. According to this map, the dialect of the county I chose is very similar to East Midland, or even to Atlantic Midland dialects.
3b. As I was listening to some of the audio samples, I noticed that the people talking would extenuate sounds in certain words. They would also pose sentences as questions when they are not questions.

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I, Paige Geil choose my hometown county Ventura County where 37.4% of 760,311 residents speak spanish. I was a little confused on the second map but what I found based on another external link on the second map but in LA there is "cot”≠“caught”, but they are very close, as might be expected on the very edge of the dialect area, and “on” rhymes with “Dawn”, not “Don”, though you have to listen very close to be sure".

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1. I choose Denver County because I'm from Denver and I attend Denver public schools up until college.
2. Spanish is the most prevalent language with 27.6% out of 546,945 residents.
3. Colorado is part of "The West" and so dialect of English is somewhat western. Denver has a more relaxed dialect of western English.
3A. The dialect spoken in Denver is called Western American English which originates from Old English. Six other states also use Western American English.
3B. It was hard to note the dialect from the videos because to me they sounded normal. The guy in the first video that I watched reminded me of a California accent because it felt a little laid back. The second guy in the other video that I watched was a politician and had more of a formal western accent.

Andrea Barron

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Lauren Watrous
1. The geographical area I chose to focus on is Marin County, CA as it is the location where I grew up.
2. The most prevalent language other than English is Spanish. 22.8% of the population speaks Spanish.
3. The map was a little hard for me to understand, however, I was able to see that the main differences are "cot" does not sound the same as "caught." And "on" rhymes with "don" not "dawn." We are also able to see that in San Francisco specifically, our dialect is typically compared to New York's due to our thick accent.

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Evie Hupka: I looked at language dialects in New York City and found that 56.3% of the 2,000,000 residents of Queens County spoke Spanish at home. The dialect of English spoken is Greater New York City, with "R dropping" and central backing of the mouth when pronouncing vowels in words, such as road, boat, or go. When listening to an audio recording, I noticed the R-dropping more than anything else.

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Kathryn Stone
1. I choose Lane County/ Eugene, Oregon because the University of Oregon was one of my top choices for school, and I was curious about how different/similar it is to Boulder County (where I am from).
2. 9.7% of the population are non English speakers. The most common language spoken in the area that is not English is Spanish.
3. I actually found the map a bit confusing to understand, but what I gathered is that this county in Oregon has a very similar dialect to most places on the western side of the continental US. The one thing that kind sets it apart is the tongue placement in the mouth for words like "boat", "road" "go". Through the middle of the state, there is a dotted line that shows the "central back" part of the mouth is where the tongue hits. The specific dialect is just western english.
4. All images I've seen show bright colors and lots of rain.

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1. The geographic area I chose to focus on was Parker, Colorado. This is definitely an area I would love to pursue a teaching career in.
2. 89.94% of Parker residents speak only English, while 10.06% speak other languages. The second most spoken language in Parker would be Spanish and the percentage of Spanish speakers in Parker is 10.06%.
3.Western American English is a variety of American English that largely unites the entire Western United States as a single dialect region, the lingo included using like as filler between words and expressions such as gnarly, awesome, totally.
3a. The dialect of North American English is called American English. Which is called the dialect of the English language used commonly in the U.S.
3b. Wasn't able to find any audio examples.

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1. I chose Tarrant County, TX, which is where I grew up.

2. According to the Washington Post: "Mapping where English is not the language at home," Spanish is the most common language.  27% of the 1,638,361 residents are non-English speakers.

3. A description of Inland southern dialect could be described as having twang.  Lowland southern is described a having drawl.  Furthermore, the Inland southern dialect pronounces a complete monophthongization  of the long /ī/ as [a].  The Lowland southern dialect  pronounces a semi monophthongization of the long /ī/ as [a].

3a. Based off of the North American English Dialects map, Tarrant County, TX has a mix of both Inland southern and Lowland southern dialect.  However, this areas dialect has not been fully investigated.

3b.  I listened to audio from Dallas, TX, which has the same dialect as Tarrant Country, TX.  I noticed a lot of "sh" sounds and a thick/gliding southern accent.  I was surprised to hear this because I don't hear a lot of thick southern accents in the urban areas of Texas.  The classic southern accents are usually heard in rural areas.  We do however say "ya'll" instead of "you all". Video link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nysAxYPc_ps

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Morgan
1. I chose to focus on Boulder County because I grew up here and I was interested to know what sort of language and dialect diversities exist here.
2. The most commonly non-English language spoken in Boulder County is Spanish which is spoken by 16.1% of residents.
3. This area of the country speaks what the map described as lowest common denominator English. People who speak this dialect pronounce 13 different vowels where most other dialects pronounce at least 14. I noticed that Colorado is split essentially in half by the pin-pen merger, and that the area that does speak this dialect swerves perfectly around Boulder County which I found to be pretty interesting.
4. I listened to the two listed samples from Denver and had trouble noticing any distinct dialects shining through. This is probably because I grew up here and I'm speaking in the same ways as they are. Something I've been thinking about that I didn't see noted on the map is how people from Colorado say "mountain." More specifically that a lot of us don't pronounce the "t." I don't know if this falls under the umbrella of dialect or not but it piqued my interest.

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Los Angeles, CA. (this is where I am from)
LA county has 56.6% of the 9,133,470 residents who are non-English speakers. The most common language is Spanish from a variety of dialects due to the variety of immigrants in this region.