Is a Webster Dictionary from 1957 still reliable?

[dogsbody70]

I will post some poems onto a poetry thread with great ACTORS reading poetry

[MissMisa]

Originally Posted by RealJames

I can't speak for other places, but from my time in Korea and Japan, American English tends to be the preferred choice, there is a seriously weird America-love that I can't rationalize.

Guess it depends on the person because I've only heard the exact opposite... but I'm from England, so of course everyone is gonna say that.

dogsbody70, I've never heard anyone say 'lewk' instead of 'look' or anything... I know some people do but it's definitely not something associated with the majority of the north of England xD

But yes I'm from Yorkshire so it's always lazy, 'the cat sat on't mat' :P 'I'm off t'pub.' etc ~

[dogsbody70]

Originally Posted by MissMisa

Guess it depends on the person because I've only heard the exact opposite... but I'm from England, so of course everyone is gonna say that.

dogsbody70, I've never heard anyone say 'lewk' instead of 'look' or anything... I know some people do but it's definitely not something associated with the majority of the north of England xD

But yes I'm from Yorkshire so it's always lazy, 'the cat sat on't mat' :P 'I'm off t'pub.' etc ~

well maybe \I have not described it well enough but the vowel difference is quite normal believe me

[MissMisa]

I've lived in the North all my life, it says you don't live in the North so...

Like, people from Bolton talk like that and that's it. Bolton is a very small town compared to the entirety of the North xD

[dogsbody70]

Originally Posted by MissMisa

I've lived in the North all my life, it says you don't live in the North so...

Like, people from Bolton talk like that and that's it. Bolton is a very small town compared to the entirety of the North xD

ah yes but I have lived in different parts of the country so have heard the different ways of talking.

whenever I lived up NORTH they took the mickey out of the way I spoke-- then when I returned SOUTH I had already picked up some of the accents etc.


anyway there is variety everywhere thank goodness.


different parts of the SOUTH or south West or south east vary.

so here's to variety.

[dogsbody70]

Accents and dialects of the UK

here is a website where you can click on the map and listen to various accents and dialects around the country.


YouTube - British Accents

this chap imitates some accents then there are quite a few other sites.