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Bogans, bashing, rorts and stoushes | Daisy Dumas

Bogans, bashing, rorts and stoushes | Daisy Dumas "[Bogan] sits aside a group of words that I had never come across until I moved here from London two years ago. Words that here, for whatever reason, have been given place...

Posted by Michael Bates on January 10, 2019 9:57 AM

Mothering Sunday cards are using 'Mom' instead of 'Mum' as a language expert warns of Americanisation 

Mothering Sunday cards are using 'Mom' instead of 'Mum' as a language expert warns of Americanisation  Regional differences within Britain: "Mum" in the south, "Mom" in the midlands, "Mam" in the north: "Because I'm from Birmingham, and when I say...

Posted by Michael Bates on March 15, 2018 11:21 AM

Speech Accent Archive

Speech Accent Archive at George Mason University "The speech accent archive uniformly presents a large set of speech samples from a variety of language backgrounds. Native and non-native speakers of English read the same paragraph and are carefully transcribed. The...

Posted by Michael Bates on September 4, 2011 8:05 PM

BBC - Voices - The Voices Recordings

BBC - Voices - The Voices Recordings A collection of thousands of sound clips from all over the United Kingdom of people speaking their own various accents and dialects. (Via a comment from Courtney Milan on dearauthor.com)...

Posted by Michael Bates on September 4, 2011 7:47 PM

American English Dialects

American English Dialects Big map showing dialects of English in the US and Canada. Tulsa is on the border of the Inland South and West Midland. For cities marked in green there's a link to audio sample of a representative...

Posted by Michael Bates on July 27, 2010 1:21 AM