These are lines from the RN where the RN author may have stated or implied something regional:
- We are a group of individuals that represent a small foreign faction.
- We respect your business but not the country that it serves.
- Speaking to anyone about your situation such as police or F.B.I. will result in your daughter being beheaded.
- Use that good, southern common sense of yours.
These are lines from the RN where the RN author may have stated or implied something cultural:
- She is safe and unharmed and if you want her to see 1997, you must follow our instructions to the letter.
- If we catch you talking to a stray dog, she dies.
- You are not the only fat cat around so don't think that killing will be difficult.
- Don't try to grow a brain, John.
- Victory!
- S.B.T.C.
Here's whats left after these lines are removed, and this is where to look for any specific cultural-regional terms.
Mr. Ramsey:
Listen carefully!
At this time we have your daughter in our possession.
You will withdraw $118,000 from your account. $100,000 will be in $100 bills and the remaining $18,000 in $20 bills.
Make sure that you bring an adequate size attache to the bank
.
When you get home you will put the money in a brown paper bag.
I will call you between 8 and 10 a.m. tomorrow to instruct you on delivery.
The delivery will be exhausting so I advise you to be rested.
If we monitor you getting the money early, we might call you early to arrange an earlier delivery of the money and hence an earlier pickup of your daughter.
Any deviation of my instructions will result in the immediate execution of your daughter.
You will also be denied her remains for proper burial.
The two gentlemen watching over your daughter do not particularly like you so I advise you not to provoke them.
If you alert bank authorities, she dies.
If the money is in any way marked or tampered with, she dies.
You will be scanned for electronic devices and if any are found, she dies.
You can try to deceive us, but be warned we are familiar with law enforcement countermeasures and tactics.
You stand a 99% chance of killing your daughter if you try to outsmart us.
Follow our instructions and you stand a 100% chance of getting her back.
You and your family are under constant scrutiny, as well as the authorities.
Don't underestimate us, John.
It's up to you now, John!
These are all only very short, very simple sentences that use only very basic English words that can be found in all regions where English is spoken. There is nothing to indicate US-English. The RN author contracted only one word (don't).