LL-L "Language varieties" 2005.05.03 (06) [E]

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From: Mark Dreyer <mrdreyer at lantic.net>
Subject: LL-L "Language varieties" 2005.04.30 (02) [E]

Dear Mark Williamson

Subject: "Language varieties"

> In rspawnts t'dh'yusj v'daillektl spelling n'emails, ai'd'laik
> t'emfasaiz dht't'siems a'bbit "overly dialectal-seperatist" wn'y'blr
> wrd bawnddriz... plz lts nt do this kthxbye.

Arrrr!

Yrs,
Mark Dreyer

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From: Mark Dreyer <mrdreyer at lantic.net>
Subject: LL-L "Language varieties" 2005.04.30 (02) [E]

Dear Paul:

Subject: "Language varieties"

> Doont ave many "special wods" in Leicester - ..
>
> East Midlands in general tends to have less "dialect" than much of
> England;
> I believe that this is because Mediaeval East Midlands was the main source
> of Standard English.

That was also Tolkien's stamping ground, right? You say no dialect, but you
must surely be aware of a distinctive & very attractive accent (to us at
least). You should hear that same accent transposed onto Afrikaans!

Yrs,
Mark

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From: Mark Williamson <node.ue at gmail.com>
Subject: LL-L "Language varieties" 2005.04.31 (03) [E]

Sorry, I seem to have missed the e-mail about Jameld.

Is it a natural language? Something most people have never heard of
like Dalecarian (which until I found out about I would've thought was
a southern slavic language)

Mark

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From: Gavin Falconer <Gavin.Falconer at gmx.net>
Subject: Language varieties

Would anyone on the list know to what extent, if any, the Southern Scots
dialect might be considered transitional to Northumbrian varieties on the
other side of the border? I know that Southern Scots diphthongises [u] in
open syllables, which is superficially more "English", but on the other hand
the Geordies have the monophthong [u] in _house_. I'm afraid I'm ignorant of
what Northumbrian does with open syllables. What about other features?

--
Best,

Gavin

Gavin Falconer

"Tharfor wordly happe es ay in dout
Whilles dam fortune turnes hir whele about."

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