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It’s absolutely brilliant. You can check out more stuff by the artist, Jason Heuser on Etsy.

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Rick Aschmann has spent years creating a map of North American dialects. In his map, he has amazing details of the different dialects throughout Canada and the United States.

It’s not perfect, but at least someone is trying to catalog all the dialects within North America. There are audio samples of many of the dialects as well as the capability to zoom in to a region on his map. Click the map above, but, beware, if you like this sort of thing, your day may disappear as you immerse yourself in all the details.

In case you don’t get the reference, this is from Firefly, one of the best television shows ever made. Here’s a video of Jayne’s song.

Jayne! The Man they call Jayne!
He robbed from the rich and he gave to the poor,
He stood up to the man and he gave him what for.
Our love for him now, aint hard to explain,
The hero of Canton, the man they call Jayne!

Our Jayne saw the Mudders’ backs breakin’
He saw the Mudders lament
And he saw that magistrate takin’
Every dollar and leavin’ five cents
So he said, “You can’t do that to my people”
“You can’t crush them under your heel”
Jayne strapped on his hat
And in five seconds flat
Stole everything Boss Higgins had to steal

He robbed from the rich and he gave to the poor
Stood up to the Man and he gave him what for
Our love for him now ain’t hard to explain
The Hero of Canton, the man they call Jayne

Now here is what separates heroes From common folk like you and I
The man they call Jayne He turned ’round his plane
And let that money hit sky
He dropped it onto our houses
He dropped it into our yards
And the man they call Jayne
He turned round his plane
And headed out for the stars

He robbed from the rich and he gave to the poor
Stood up to the Man and he gave him what for
Our love for him now ain’t hard to explain
The Hero of Canton, the man they call Jayne!