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  • East-Midlands dialects

    06 October 2016 ( #Midlands dialects )

    East-Midlands location on the map (X1 = Derby ; X2 = Grimsby ; X3 = Nottingham) Presentation : East-Midlands dialects. East-Midlands dialects are a compromise between Nothern and Southern most pronounced accents. Firstly, Nothern East-Midlands dialects...

  • Suffolk and Essex dialects

    17 October 2016 ( #East Anglia dialects )

    X1 = Suffolk ; X2 = Essex Presentation : The Suffolk dialect was often related to the Essex's (that's why we put them in the same article) and the first one was formerly the mainly used accent in the area, but nowadays it has often been replaced by Estuary...

  • London dialect

    22 November 2016 ( #Southern dialects )

    X1 = London area. Presentation : (...) Examples : Zawe Ashton : She is from the Hackney borough of London. According to this page, this actress is able to get many accent and pratice it depending on the scenario needs. The character that she portrayed...

  • Lancashire dialects

    04 October 2016 ( #Nothern dialects )

    Lancashire location on the map (X). Presentation : Lancashire dialects. This dialect is also called Lanky, and spreads from Greater Manchester to Merseyside and Cumbria : an region that emerged during the Industrial Revolution as a major commercial and...

  • South East Dialects

    17 October 2016 ( #Southern dialects )

    X1 = Estuary English Area ; X2 = Kentish Area Presentation : South East is actually the whole red shades area since we consider Estuary English as a southeastern, it is quite arduous so for the moment, we will make a quick relatively independant stories...

  • Bristolian dialect

    11 October 2016 ( #West Country dialects )

    X1 = Bristol area Presentation : Bristolians that live in areas that had less influence from students or immigrants and also old people use a special dialect called Brizzle . Anyway, Swedish had a great influence on Bristol, a L sound is added to words...

  • Mancunian dialect

    04 October 2016 ( #Nothern dialects )

    X1 = Mancunian accent area (Manchester + suburbs) Presentation : People from Manchester that use its local dialect are also called Manc speakers. This accent is very different from others nothern dialects but has similarities with north-east modern english....

  • Black country dialect

    30 October 2016 ( #Midlands dialects )

    X1 = West Midlands dialect area. Presentation : First, it is important to notice that Black country typical dialect and Brummie dialect are different enven if these are very close. Brummie is spoken in Birmingham whereas Black country dialect is spoken...

  • Scouse dialect

    28 October 2016 ( #Nothern dialects )

    X1 = Scouse accent area (Merseyside). Presentation : Scouse is also called Liverpool english and Merseyside english, this dialect speakers are also present in parts of Wales, Cheshire and Lancashire but these versions of the accent are quite different...

  • Sussex dialects

    18 October 2016

    X1 = Sussex area location Presentation : Sussex dialect : Sussex dialect has its sources in Anglo-Saxon, Dutch, Welsh, with a bit of 14th-century French and Scandinavian. A large part of this dialect are words are the result of Sussex's fishermen speaking...

  • West country typical dialect (farmer)

    17 October 2016 ( #West Country dialects )

    Presentation : West country typical dialect : Because of its history West country suffers of social stigma, that area is often associated with agriculture industry and lack of education. West country speaker are stereotypically considered as backwards...