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 containing the word west:

    “We were young, we were merry, we were very very wise,
    And the door stood open at our feast,
    When there passed us a woman with the West in her eyes,
    And a man with his back to the East.”
    —Mary Elizabeth Coleridge (1861–1907)

    “It’s a fine land, the west land, for hearts as tired as mine,
    Apple orchards blossom there, and the air’s like wine.”
    —John Masefield (1878–1967)