General American: a look into the non-dialect dialect

I edited this. I didn't have enough information on the Wisconsin dialect, so I altered it to be about General American, the Midwest dialect instead.







Examples of news anchors.

The Midwest united states.

IPA pronunciation of "and"

IPA pronunciation of  "lot"

Project Rubric

1 5-7 minute podcast explaining the “Wisconsin slur” dialect and its affect on phonetics, placement of the vocal organs, childhood spelling, and misunderstanding. This must include specific examples of words that are mispronounced as well as examples of words often misspelled by children and how those relate.(150 pts) 1 blog post essay explaining the podcast and a basic summary of dialects, attached to the blog post containing the podcast. (50 pts)

Podcast (100)
Quality(20)	The audio quality is clear and can be heard without too much static or background noise.Any cuts or breaks flow well with the piece and aren’t distracting.
Preparedness (25)	The student demonstrates that he/she prepared the presentation before recording and is well rehearsed.
Organization (20)	The organization of ideas flows well throughout the piece, the topics don’t jump suddenly
Examples (35)	3-5 examples each of the dialect and how the dialect affects writing at an early age.
Blog Post(50)
Organization (15)	The organization of ideas flows well throughout the piece, the topics don’t jump suddenly.
Content (35)	The content of the post takes a broader look at dialects and how they look, defines dialects, gives examples, conveys clear thought to audience.
Overall Topic Mastery (50)	The student demonstrates clear knowledge of the topic and ability to explain it to others.

The number 7.

7 is an interesting number. There are 7 deadly sins and 7 heavenly virtues. God created the world in 7 days and thus we have the 7 day week. The human mind can memorize about 7 listed things at once. 7 is the lucky number in many games chance and bet. 7 is easy to figure out when converting forms. While three goes to third goes to thirty. Seven goes to seventh goes to seventeen goes to seventy.

But then...

Seven sons is septuples. But the 9th month is September*.
And the seventh day is Sunday but we call that the...Sabbath?
And seven sides is....a heptagon?
But an extended trip after seven years is a sabbatical.
and an octopus with 7 tentacles is?

...one pissed off octopus.


*September was the seventh month, and OCTOber the 8th until Julius Cesar added Augus(tus) and July(Julius) to the calendar. But hey, it was catchy.