LL-L "Language varieties" 2003.02.14 (05) [E]

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From: Daniel Prohaska <daniel at ryan-prohaska.com>
Subject: LL-L "Language varieties" 2003.02.17 (15) [E]

Sandy wrote:

>This is the same careless mistake that people keep making with
Appalachian >- an actual comparison would reveal that these are closely
related to the >dialects of the South West of England. Doesn't Newfie
involve a lot of >gender nouns, whereas in Scots gender is normally
restricted to indicating >sex? This is a feature of English west country
dialects as spoken in >Somerset, Dorset, Wiltshire &c.

I agree with Sandy in his assessment. By intonation and pronunciation
I`d definately say the south-western English dialects are most similar.
Don`t know about vocabulary.
The gender distinction is similar to the south-western dialects also. I
read an article about that years ago, but I`d have to dig it up and
plough through it again to give an accurate summary.

Dan

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