If everyone pronounced every word the way they are given in the dictionary, there would be no accents of dialects. I don't see the point in eliminating accents and dialects, and in fact, I think the world would be far less interesting, fun, and even less beautiful if that were the case. I like to use the dictionary for word meanings, myself, but if I'm in an area where a word has a meaning or pronunciation that differs from the one in the dictionary, most of the time, I'm going to respect that the people I am among at that moment do it differently. I like some of them better or worse than others, myself, but I don't see the point in trying to tell people they have to say it the way it is in the dictionary if that's not how it is done locally.

One of the things I love about Newfoundland is that there is a different accent and/or dialect in just about every town or village, and I love all of them. I find it very sad that these are starting to go away because of the influence of television and films.