get schnydered. you got scammed. kentucky, tag tale. a wyoming expression. someone who lags behind. in wyoming, i guess with would say liz cheney is tag taling in the race for u.s. senate right now. but, ben, when you look at these, are these expressions that in these sort of regional distinctions in terms of how we talk, are they here to stay or in this country of, like, the same chain restaurants in maine is in california, the same big box stores, are they going to disappear, are these things here to stay? linguistic diversity is not going anywhere in the united states. american english has always been tremendously diverse. and as you say, there are forces for homogenizatiohomogenization. greater mobility, people are traveling around the country, they re in the staying in their own location so much. there is mass media and other things that might cause people to shirt a common language. but as this quiz demonstrates, there is still lots of diversity in other parts of the country.