User talk:Geoffreybmx

test this out
test this out

Midland American English
Strangely enough, the parts of the article you claimed to object to in the edit summary are also the parts of the article that you didn't  revert. Huh? Wolfdog (talk) 10:13, 14 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Sorry, I guess I should of edited that part. William Labov says at this exact point https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qHjHeNHF5A&feature=youtu.be&t=1m1s that the midland area is a part where "change is not so active." Geoffreybmx (talk) 10:21, 14 June 2017 (UTC)
 * OK... I wasn't arguing about that before, but I'd be happy too now, since that seems to be your main contention. The video isn't very persuasive for your argument; Labov doesn't say anything about the Midland. In the video, he actually says "the Midwest around Iowa", which, as you can see by his own map, lies primarily within the generic Northern (not Midland) dialect region. Wolfdog (talk) 20:00, 14 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Labov says the North is sounding more northern. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCJh8nFXBUE&feature=youtu.be&t=1h4m52s Also, Labov splits up Iowa into two: Northern Iowa and Southern Iowa, with southern Iowa being part of the midlands. He mentions this here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCJh8nFXBUE&feature=youtu.be&t=1h5m33s. In his book Atlas of North American English, Labov says that North Midland is the most close to any sort of General American. So when he says where dialect is missing (ahd change is not so active), he means the midlands part of Iowa. Geoffreybmx (talk) 05:10, 15 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Only the very southernmost part of Iowa is in the Midland, according to Labov; therefore, at best, you're making an inference about what he really means by "Iowa". But I'm OK with us agreeing to disagree; the way the page currently stands seems fine with both of us. Wolfdog (talk) 09:40, 17 June 2017 (UTC)