[jollofricepeas]

For American “literate”language favored by artists and elites:

Avid book readers of classic and Early Modern English literature have a much wider and expressive vocabulary, and are more likely to pepper their speech with socially-accepted literary references.

But for richer American language:

I especially love the colloquialism, grammar and accents across the American regions. They’re so vibrant, punchy and exciting. This is best experienced in person when traveling and stopping into local restaurants but can also be found in literature, music and social media as well but it requires effort to find which it what makes it fun.

In my case, I ask myself a question like what does a 40 year old blue class worker from New Jersey or a 19 year old Floridian rapper sound like, then the hunt is afoot.

Elites find local speech ignorant but I find it mesmerizing - a radiant, colorful flower in a sea of sameness.

[js2]

> blue class worker

Blue collar, a reference to the working class wearing blue-collared shirts as opposed to the professional class wearing white-collared shirt.

Blue class workers are sad students, or maybe Smurfs. :-)

> Elites find local speech ignorant but I find it mesmerizing.

On account of because of your comment, I think you'd really enjoy Ball of Fire (1941).

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=OwcxH46a16g

[yetanotherloser]

It's possible that blue class workers got those blues real bad. I asked their women for comment, but they said they woke up this mornin', upped, and left 'em. The only ones I could catch up with were very old ones from the Missisippi Delta region, who admitted to feeling like a broke down engine...