It releases the pent-up energies of otherwise unoccupied men and allows them to safely act out potentially divisive strains of nationalism, regionalism and neighbourhood pride.
Finally, dialects and regionalisms can also employ redundancy or wordiness, and fiction writers who want their characters to sound authentic embrace these quirks.
In 1775, he urged that regionalism be sacrificed for the good of all the colonies, that each state contribute to a single continental army, and that George Washington be commander of that army.