FifthView
Vala
Take for example Youtube, which is pretty much a cesspool in many comment sections. After thinking about using documentaries to see how people in various areas of the U.S. speak, the light bulb went off and I discovered a kind of viral video about "accent tags" where people from across the U.S. read off a list of words and answered questions about their word choice for describing various things. A search on Youtube for "Southern Accent Tag" narrows the search.
That might not be greatly helpful for the OP, since it's the same set of words, so it's a narrow, peculiar sample of vernacular.
But maybe the OP could decide on a state of origin for the criminal and simply search for homemade videos from people who live in that area. This could also eliminate some bias, because in those videos the people wouldn't be concentrating on explaining their particular vernacular.
That might not be greatly helpful for the OP, since it's the same set of words, so it's a narrow, peculiar sample of vernacular.
But maybe the OP could decide on a state of origin for the criminal and simply search for homemade videos from people who live in that area. This could also eliminate some bias, because in those videos the people wouldn't be concentrating on explaining their particular vernacular.
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