Although this song is notably recognized as a George Thorogood song, he borrowed the lyrics from earlier musicians: "House-rent Blues" by John Lee Hooker (1966) and “One” by Amos Milburn. Scotch, a bourbon, a beer” (1953) (Wikipedia). Thorogood is from the state of Delaware, and according to a 2003 dialect survey conducted by Harvard University's Department of Linguistics, residents of the state are not known to use Appalachian dialect. However, Thorogood adopted the Appalachian dialect because of his love of southern blues artists and their vernacular. Throughout this essay, I will analyze the differences between Standard American English and the Appalachian English used throughout the song. That doesn't comfort me, as long as I get my money next Friday. Now, next Friday, I haven't received the rent, and I'm out. So I go to the landlady, I said, “Are you letting me slide?” rent for you tomorrow. the next day, I don't know, so I said let me slip it on you know people> (Thorogood) The audio with the lyrics in the description can be found at: http://www.youtube. com/watch?v=97ECZMvbLxg*lyrics analyzed in this essay represent only 55 seconds of the song*IPA transcription: http://ipa.typeit.org/full/['wɑ.nɑ tɛl ju ə 'stɔ.ribɑʊ də 'hɑʊs. ɹɛn bluɑ kʌm hoʊm wʌn 'fɹɑ.deɪhæd tə tɛ də 'læn.leɪ.di ɑ dʌn lɔs mɑ dʒɑbʃi sɛ ðæt doʊn 'kʌm.fʊɹ milɔŋ æz gɛ mɑ 'mʌ.ni nɛks 'fɹɑ.deɪnɑ nɛks 'fɹa.deɪ kʌm ɑ dɪnt gɛt də rɛnɛn aʊt də dɔr ​​​​ɑ wɛnsoʊ ɑ goʊz tu də 'læn.leɪ.diɑ sɛ ju 'lɛ.mi slaɪda hæv də rɛn foʊ jə tə.'mɑ.ɹədə nɛks ɪ ɑ doʊ...... middle of paper......type the IPA phonetic symbols. Np, and Web. February 24, 2014. .Vajda, Edward. “Linguistics 201: The Dialects of American English.” Linguistics 201: Dialects of American English. Np, and Web. March 1, 2014. .Vaux, Bert and Scott A. Golder. “Dialect Survey Results.” Harvard Dialect Survey. Np, and Web. February 24, 2014. .Wheeler, Rebecca S. and Rachel Swords. Code-switching: Teaching standard English in urban classrooms. Urbana, IL: National Council of Teachers of English, 2006. Print. “A Bourbon, a Scotch, a Beer – George Thorogood.” YouTube. YouTube, February 24, 2011. Web. February 24, 2014. “slide.” Oxford English Dictionary. Np, and Web. February 24. 2014. .