The Cheshire dialect is a Northern English dialect spoken in the county of Cheshire in North West England. It has similarities with the dialects of the...
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of his native county of Cheshire, North West England, being set in the region and making use of the native Cheshire dialect. Born in Congleton, Garner...
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Scouse (redirect from Liverpool dialect (England))
traditional Cheshire dialect at the time and not in Scouse. The 1950s Survey of English Dialects recorded traditional Lancastrian dialect from the town...
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them cry; When the girls begin to cry, Rowley Powley runs away. And a Cheshire dialect version was quoted in 1887 with the variant "picklety pie" in place...
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Warrington and Widnes areas became part of Cheshire. The linguist Gerard Knowles noted that Lancashire dialect was still spoken in the city of Liverpool...
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actor Freddie Jones, was born in the Potteries. Owd Grandad Piggott Cheshire dialect "Sir Gawain & The Green Knight". Stoke & Staffordshire > Entertainment...
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The Stone Book Quartet (category Novels set in Cheshire)
the book is poetic and draws on the patterns and rhythms of local Cheshire dialect. Garner's great grandfather was a stonemason, and The Stone Book describes...
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October 2022). "Book review: Treacle Walker is a confusing mix of Cheshire dialect and British slang | The Straits Times". The Straits Times. Archived...
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English language in Northern England (redirect from Northern English dialect)
include: Cheshire dialect Cumbrian dialect Geordie – spoken in Newcastle and Tyneside, which includes southern parts of Northumberland Lancashire dialect Mackem –...
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British English English English (as spoken in England) Northern English Cheshire dialect Cumbrian Northumbrian Geordie (of Newcastle-upon-Tyne and surrounding...
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List of Indo-European languages (redirect from Salzburg dialect)
Yorkshire dialect Geordie Pitmatic Manchester dialect Liverpool dialect / Scouse Cheshire dialect Lancashire dialect Cumbrian dialect Barrovian dialect South...
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something of a Kibbo Kift centre. The words Kibbo Kift come from a Cheshire dialect term used to indicate 'proof of great strength', specifically lifting...
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Red Shift (novel) (category Novels set in Cheshire)
a Yorkshire dialect, e.g. calling a yard or enclosure a "garth". The name "Cats" for the Cheshire tribe may be an allusion to the Cheshire Cat popularised...
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social interaction'. Dialect Levelling: Cheshire, Kerswill, Williams, along with many others, have uncovered significant amounts of dialect levelling in Britain...
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the arts. He had an extensive library and he published work on the Cheshire dialect. Wilbraham was born on 30 December 1743 at Townsend House in Welsh...
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Dialect levelling is the means by which dialect differences decrease. For example, in rural areas of Britain, although English is widely spoken, the pronunciation...
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[citation needed] The Mancunian accent is less dialect-heavy than neighbouring Lancashire and Cheshire accents, although words such as owt (meaning 'anything')...
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Nantwich (redirect from Nantwich, Cheshire)
is a market town and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East in Cheshire, England. It has among the highest concentrations of listed buildings...
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East Midlands English (redirect from Nottinghamshire dialect)
that of the nearby areas of Stoke-on-Trent, East Cheshire and the Staffordshire Moorlands. The dialect of Coalville in Leicestershire is said to resemble...
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Multicultural London English (redirect from Multi-ethnic youth dialect)
2016. Cheshire, Jenny; Fox, Sue; Kerswill, Paul; Torgersen, Eivind (2008). Ethnicity, friendship network and social practices as the motor of dialect change:...
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The timeline of Cheshire history shows significant events in the history of the English county of Cheshire. 70: The Romans found the fortress and town...
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Dialects are linguistic varieties that may differ in pronunciation, vocabulary, spelling, and other aspects of grammar. For the classification of varieties...
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Gawain Poet (category People from the Borough of Cheshire East)
same Middle English dialect, localised to the area of north-western Staffordshire, north east Shropshire and south-eastern Cheshire, in the English Midlands...
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North West England (section Cheshire)
official regions of England and consists of the ceremonial counties of Cheshire, Cumbria, Greater Manchester, Lancashire and Merseyside. The North West...
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English language in England (redirect from English dialect of English)
[citation needed] Cheshire, although part of the North-West region, is usually grouped the Midlands for the purpose of accent and dialect. The best-known...
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English language in Southern England (redirect from Kentish dialect)
diphthongs (aʊ), (aɪ) and (ɔɪ), page 44 Britain, David; Cheshire, Jenny, eds. (2003). "Dialect levelling and geographical diffusion in British English"...
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Ottawa Valley English (redirect from Ottawa Valley Dialect)
In: Cheshire, Jenny (1991). English Around the World: Sociolinguistic Perspectives. Cambridge University Press. p. 97. Trudgill, Peter. 2006. Dialect Mixture...
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Dialect levelling (or leveling in American English) is an overall reduction in the variation or diversity of a dialect's features when in contact with...
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Winsford (redirect from Wharton, Cheshire)
and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It is on the River Weaver, south...
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table." The proper name is attested from the 12th century, from a place in Cheshire (Old English Devennport). A similar word, Daveno, also refers to a sofa...
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