Regional Vocabularies of American English - The West

The West

See also: California English
  • barrow pit (esp. Rocky Mountains) – a ditch to conduct water off a surface road
  • davenport (widespread) - couch or sofa
  • pop (widespread in West and North) - carbonated beverages; soda predominates in California, Arizona, southern Nevada
  • snowmachine (Alaska) – a motor vehicle for travel over snow. Outside Alaska known as a snowmobile

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Famous quotes related to the west:

    “Wild Bill was indulging in his favorite pastime of a friendly game of cards in the old No. 10 saloon. For the second time in his career, he was sitting with his back to an open door. Jack McCall walked in, shot him through the back of the head, and rushed from the place, only to be captured shortly afterward. Wild Bill’s dead hand held aces and eights, and from that time on this has been known in the West as ‘the dead man’s hand.’”
    —State of South Dakota, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)