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Dialect Blog is a site for actors, linguists and enthusiasts about the dialects and accents of the English Language.
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Blink-182's "All the Small Things" seems to feature good examples California pre-velar KIT-tensing (ie "things" = θiŋz)
This week in #Tyrone, I've recorded farmers referring to a flail for corn as 'flail', 'frail' and 'Chriskian Brothers'. #TyroneDialect
What's the point of the International Phonetic Alphabet? Geoff Pullum in @chronicle: chronicle.com/blogs/linguafr…
Was startled by use of "plastered" (drunk) on Downton Abbey but seem this dates to 1912 etymonline.com/index.php?term…
"Mommy, are you /staʃ/?" "Am I what?" "Mommy, are you /mɛʋɪkɪn/?" "Oh! Yes I am. Are you American?" "No, I'm /staʃ/." #age2
#Infographic: If all the #languages in the world were proportionally represented by 100 people at a party
In case you missed it: OED Word of the Day: oppugn, v. To attack or oppose with words, action, influence, etc. oxford.ly/1zX78wo
@Stoller_System @accentvoiceguy PS I'm realizing "non-coronal" is a bad descriptor as coronality doesn't define English /r/ (hi, bunched r!)
@Stoller_System @accentvoiceguy [2/2] is a pretty good example: goo.gl/cs5di1, at least for younger speakers, although it varies
@Stoller_System @accentvoiceguy [1/2] Sorry, just saw this now! I think this RTE report on Limerick gangs ...
K. Lamar uses AAE's continuative "steady" in "Sing About Me, I'm Dying of Thirst" ("steady being distracted"="continue being distracted")
@Stoller_System [2/2] Makes some sense since /r/ is oft. velarized in Ireland, so it's a matter of weakening/dropping the coronal component
@Stoller_System [1/2] A lot of what sounds to me like ɰ (Hickey also mentions ʁ in some areas)
Why definiteness is decreasing, part 3: Ten days ago, I documented a striking 20th-century decrease in the fre... bit.ly/1CCI7sO
Seen a lot of Irish accent clips over the past week--struck by how often post-vocalic /r/ is non-coronal for many speakers
The death of China’s local dialects - Global Times globaltimes.cn/content/901371…
Why Geordie is the most difficult dialect to copy and get right mirr.im/14NzEr7 (I think it's Belfast, but it's subjective, obv.)
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