A study in dialects

... of English:

The nomenclature for the US accents is wildly incorrect, but these are good renditions of something.

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Mark Isaak has put together a list of Curiosities of Biological Nomenclature — all those strange names people have given to species and molecules.
See also the followups (one, two) to this post. From the taking jokes too seriously department...
The Alternative Scientist RepositoryMan

Not bad. He attempted quite a few.

By NewEnglandBob (not verified) on 07 Oct 2010 #permalink

I used to work with a guy who would drop into accents when he was on the phone. Uncontrollably. It seemed to be a little stress related. If he was nervous about the call, it was more likely he'd end up in an accent.

By Rich Wilson (not verified) on 07 Oct 2010 #permalink