Bunnahabham, I agree. I think Azizi had that idea in the back of her mind. Study threads for specific songs cover this, but there are too many old or dialect songs for each to have a study thread.

Quick Links takes us to Scots and Aussie glossaries and takes care of most needs there. There also is a fair amount on Geordie and Tyneside speech in Mudcat, but not organized yet.

McGrath raises a valid point; words like Dago may not have the same baggage in the UK, Ireland, Australia, Canada or the U. S. A. and other English-speaking centers. Dictionaries can't cover all variations in regional or national speech.

The main problem with a thread of this kind is that many subjects become involved in trying to illustrate a particular meaning (see Barry's comment, above).