LL-L: "Language contacts" (was "Language survival") LOWLANDS-L, 23.FEB.2001 (02) [E]

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From: Helge Tietz [helgetietz at yahoo.com]
Subject: LL-L: "Language survival" LOWLANDS-L, 22.FEB.2001 (03) [E]

I have never noticed that London expressions spread
from there into other English dialacts, nobody would
use words like "barnet" for hair in Newcastle,
speaking for Tyneside I believe that there is an
increasing number of American-sounding expressions
which seem to spread but many of them can be traced
back old-Geordie expressions, or at least similar
sounding ones and through AE those expressions are
getting reinforced in Tyneside, not too surprising
when considering that AE had a strong Northern-English
influence as well and is much closer to old English
than London-English is.

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