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Inaccuracy and outdated information associated with this interpretive map. A better source would be which is 2005 not 1997 (the current map I allege to be inaccurate).

Ways in which the current map is inaccurate:

The language of the article is paradox to the caption of inset map. E.g. "The area with Midwestern regional properties is indicated on the map" in article, opposed to "The area of the United States where the local accent is largely free of regional features" is not logical by means that assuming "regional properties" and *free of* "regional features" are common or synonymn.

In such light, the proposed redrawing of the "most closest to General American" map should be based on more recent data, which suggests F4 monophthongization near New Albany Indiana, which is not even in range of currently used map, and would shift the orange region southward approximately 200 miles. This new source is a convergence with the current article, not a divergence. New source is Plichta's site - "as used in Plichta & Preston (2004)"; (in article:) "As research by Dennis Preston has shown, Michiganians believe they are “blessed” with a high degree of linguistic security..."

Verbalvoracity (talk) 05:35, 22 April 2010 (UTC) verbalveractiy