National English Dialect Day 2011

Subject: National English Dialect Day 2011
From: GUEST,SID
Date: 04 Oct 11 - 10:37 AM

This years event will take place on Saturday 22nd October at the British Legion in Louth, Lincolnshire hosted by the East Lincolnshire Dialect Society (Far Welter'd). Afternoon competitions, with trophies, for writing and performing in any English Dialect followed by evening concert. Sunday is the town's Victorian Fayre - should be good. 2012 will be in Northumberland, 2013 in Devon, see you there!

Subject: RE: National English Dialect Day 2011
From: GUEST,CrazyEddie
Date: 04 Oct 11 - 10:44 AM

Is this "Dialects of the english language", or "Dialects of England"?

Subject: RE: National English Dialect Day 2011
From: GUEST,SID
Date: 04 Oct 11 - 11:17 AM

DIALECT - "a form of speech or language peculiar to a limited district or people". PEDANT - "one who makes a pretentious show of book-learning". CRAZY - " (never mind)

Subject: RE: National English Dialect Day 2011
From: Desert Dancer
Date: 04 Oct 11 - 11:45 AM

Seems a valid question to me.

~ Becky in Long Beach, USA

Subject: RE: National English Dialect Day 2011
From: doc.tom
Date: 04 Oct 11 - 12:35 PM

And it therefore had a perfrectly valid answer! But I wouldn't exactly say pedantic.
Good on you Sid.
TomB

Subject: RE: National English Dialect Day 2011
From: johncharles
Date: 04 Oct 11 - 12:38 PM

Eee bay gum, am reet glad t' here abaht it.
John

Subject: RE: National English Dialect Day 2011
From: Tattie Bogle
Date: 04 Oct 11 - 01:13 PM

Thaas roit bouy! (Suffolk in case yew int rekanoised ut!)

Subject: RE: National English Dialect Day 2011
From: Ferrara
Date: 04 Oct 11 - 02:06 PM

Where's Bobert when ya need him?