American Tongues

Question 1:
I think as a researcher today I would possibly ask a few different types of questions and maybe go to some more states other than the major ones. What I would do the same would be interviewing all of the different types of people talking on their own means and not just answering specific questions.

Question 2:
Some of the flaws in the study are maybe that they don't portray every state. The study also shows some ugly sides of people when they talk about stereotypes of accents. I think the north and the west coast was under represented and the south was maybe a little over represented. If I were going to make the study more appealing to the audience I would probably but some different types of music playing in the background along with the different areas of the country.

Question 3:
I think language can have a certain part in how we perceive others. For instance the normal thought of someone with a southern Kentucky area accent would be that they are a hillbilly or something, however that is not true for everyone in that state, so possibly people should just remember that when judging other people's accents. Others think that by our language and words we use it can reveal our level of intelligence and our class.