LL-L "Language varieties" 2005.06.16 (08) [E]

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From: R. F. Hahn <sassisch at yahoo.com>
Subject: Language varieties

Folks,

Below are some links to sites with useful information about dialects of
Britain:

http://www.universalteacher.org.uk/lang/britishisles.htm

http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/collections/dialects/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/routesofenglish/index.shtml
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/routesofenglish/storysofar/series3.shtml
(with sound files)
(Click on "World of English" for a history.)

http://www.phon.ox.ac.uk/~joanna/homepage.html
(on Estuary English, with a few sound files)

http://www.bl.uk/collections/sound-archive/millenni.html
(with sound files)

http://www.natcorp.ox.ac.uk/

http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Acres/5564/dialect.html
(Norfolk, with sound files)

http://ldsociety.com/
(Lancashire, sound file: http://ldsociety.com/Gradely%20Lancashire.mp3)

http://www.phon.ox.ac.uk/~esther/ivyweb/
(Intonation, with sound files)

http://www.isle-of-man.com/manxnotebook/fulltext/am1924/
(Anglo-Manx)

http://www.geordiepride.demon.co.uk/dictionary.htm
(Geordie dictionary)

http://www.indigogroup.co.uk/durhamdialect/
(Durham & Tyneside)

Enjoy!
Reinhard/Ron

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