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Regional dictionary proves spoken, written culture more diverse than ever (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

ATLANTA ââ?¬â? If you know that a preacher’s nose is something to eat for Sunday dinner, along with light bread, chances are you’re from the South.

And if you can identify tangle-breeches as a kind of cruller, you’re probably from Pennsylvania or Maryland.

Television was supposed to homogenize language so much so that everyone would talk like the folks on the 6 o’clock news. But that hasn’t happened, says Joan Houston Hall, editor of the Dictionary of American Regional English, a multivolume work in progress from Harvard University Press.

There’s more to Wisconsin than just cheese (Centre, Pa. Daily Times)

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We called the student newspaper at the University of Wisconsin, The Daily Cardinal, and asked around the news room for someone to review their college town. Amos Posner, an opinion editor, was happy to oblige. Here are his picks for what to do in Madison. Rip out the page and shove it in your bag if you plan to attend Saturday’s game.

State job comeback speedy

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Wisconsin’s job recovery continued to outpace both the nation and the other battleground states heading into the Nov. 2 presidential election, according to data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quoted: UW-Madison economist Don Nichols.

Republicans seek worthy Feingold foe

Daily Cardinal

Republican U.S. Senate hopefuls Russ Darrow, Robert Lorge, Tim Michels and Bob Welch are furiously campaigning across most of Wisconsin as the Sept. 14 Republican primary nears. Unlike the rest of the state however, the city of Madison has been avoided, particularly the UW-Madison campus.