Collection Descriptive Notes:
Native (male) speakers of various U.S. dialects read from the same text, "Grip the Rat". Represented are: Indiana County, PA; Macon, GA; Newburyport, MA; Ellsworth, ME; Charleston, SC; Goose Creek Gullah; New York City (1); New York City (2); Lancaster County, PA; North Philadelphia, PA; Lancaster, NH; Meriden, CT; Lamar County, TX; Stony, TX; Paris, TX; Lincoln County, MO
Collection Technical Notes:
Ayres and Greet are identified as being professors at Columbia University. (Gift of Paul Friedrich to the LLA on July 16, 1997) The WAVE files are converted to MP3s.