Hudson Valley English

Hudson Valley English

Hudson Valley English is a special dialect of the English language, found mainly in the Upstate New York regions around the Hudson Valley of the state. A very small number of the phrases that the people there use are derived from the Dutch language. Although it is very similar to other dialects, there are still a few minor difference. Some original Hudson Valley words are stoop (small porch) and teeter-totter. [ [http://www.geocities.com/yvain.geo/dialects.html American Dialects : Dialect map of American English ] ]

It is also notable that there is a division about half-way through New York State, east of which the term "soda" is used to refer to sweet, carbonated (and often caffeinated) beverages, and west of which such beverages are called "pop". In the Hudson and eastern Mohawk Valleys, "soda" is the preferred term.

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