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04 Oct 11 - 10:37 AM (#3233659) Subject: National English Dialect Day 2011 From: GUEST,SID 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! |
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04 Oct 11 - 10:44 AM (#3233663) Subject: RE: National English Dialect Day 2011 From: GUEST,CrazyEddie Is this "Dialects of the english language", or "Dialects of England"? |
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04 Oct 11 - 11:17 AM (#3233685) Subject: RE: National English Dialect Day 2011 From: GUEST,SID 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) |
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04 Oct 11 - 11:45 AM (#3233700) Subject: RE: National English Dialect Day 2011 From: Desert Dancer Seems a valid question to me. ~ Becky in Long Beach, USA |
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04 Oct 11 - 12:35 PM (#3233725) Subject: RE: National English Dialect Day 2011 From: doc.tom And it therefore had a perfrectly valid answer! But I wouldn't exactly say pedantic. Good on you Sid. TomB |
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04 Oct 11 - 12:38 PM (#3233729) Subject: RE: National English Dialect Day 2011 From: johncharles Eee bay gum, am reet glad t' here abaht it. John |
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04 Oct 11 - 01:13 PM (#3233756) Subject: RE: National English Dialect Day 2011 From: Tattie Bogle Thaas roit bouy! (Suffolk in case yew int rekanoised ut!) |
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04 Oct 11 - 02:06 PM (#3233795) Subject: RE: National English Dialect Day 2011 From: Ferrara Where's Bobert when ya need him? |