English Dialect Links
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English Dialect Links
General Interest
Lowlands-L a discussion group for people who are interested
in Lowlands languages and cultures. (Includes English and Scots)
A
Celebration of English Dialect in England A UK website which
purports to "encourage the use of traditional English Dialects which
have been threatened almost to extinction by the dominance of Standard
English in the media."
American Slanguages.
Brief examples of dialect usage from about 40 American cities,
states, and regions rendered in common English spelling. Also contains
examples from 5 other English-speaking countries: Australia, Canada,
England, Ireland, and South Africa.
English
Dialect Information Exchange (EDIE-CECTAL).
English
Based Creoles. From the Ethnologue Database.
British Isles
United Kingdom English
for the American Novice
What a load of
codswallop, pet! Words that could be confusing and embarrassing in
the UK & US
Manx English an overview
Scotland Glossary of Scottish
Dialect Terms
The Scots Haunbuik
Scots on
the Wab - (Glossary)
DoricNet
the web page for the language of the North East of Scotland
Glaswegian
Dialect
England
BritSpeak:
English as a Second Language for Americans
Richard
Smith's Compendium of Britishisms
British
slang glossary
British
and American English
Newcastle
Brown - Geordie Slang
Lakeland Dialect Society
Cumbrian dialect
GeordieWorld
(Tyneside)
The
Black
Country Dialect
Completely Lanky: the Lancashire Dialect
Yorkshire Dialect
Society Homepage
Dialects
- Potteries
- Stoke-on-Trent Potteries area of North Staffordshire
Jabez and North
Staffordshire Dialect
Alan
Cossey's Norfolk Grammar
Norfolk England Dialect (with sound files)
Norfolk:
Language and Languages
Language in London. (the Cockney dialect)
The
Cockney Handbook
Cockney
Rhyming Slang
Lernz ta tawks lika PIKEY... (Surrey)
The Wiltshire Accent
The Local Dialect
(Somerset)
The Cornish Dialect
Ireland
Craigyhill Glossary - Larne, Northern Ireland
The O'Byrne Files:
Dublin Slang Dictionary and Phrasebook
Africa
Sierra Leone
The Krio Page
South Africa
How to Speak
Seffrican Like A Native A Glossary of the New South African Lingo
Cyberbraai lexons
What South Africans really mean when they say the things they say.
Australasia
New Guinea
A
bibliography of Melanesian Pidgin English dictionaries, phrase books
and study guides
Australia
Australia Online
-
Diction-aussie(c)
Aussie Link
: Strine
Language:
Aussie
words/phrases
A Glossary of
Australian Slang
Larry's Aussie
Slang and Phrase Dictionary
Outrageous
Aussie Sayings
Strine, or
an Aussie Lexicon
Australian
Vocabulary
Australian
slang dictionary
Kev's Down-Under
Dictionary
Goway's
Australian "Downunder-Dictionary"
Australian English Glossary from A to Zed
Norfolk
Island - Language
New Zealand
Local
Lingo
of New Zealand Speak Like A Kiwi
N.Z. English to U.S.
English Dictionary by Akiko International
New Zealand
Expressions by Akiko International
New Zealand
with downloadable Kiwi Glossary
Polynesia
Pitcairn
Phrase Book
Antarctica
Talk like a Beaker
The vocabulary of Antarctic researchers.
Dictionary of
Antarctic Slang
Apologies if many of these links are now disconnected. Keeping them
up to date can be an arduous task. If you know of or maintain links
dealing with varieties of English
as spoken
around the world, or if any of these links are defunct, please let me know .
Last Modified: 8/21/06