Re: Dialect Test
Originally Posted by
Pyxell
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That was interesting!
Ok, so draw a line from the Wash to Devon and it had me south/southeast of that line. That is correct, if not very specific!
To be fair, I have moved about that area a bit, and the places I grew up were darker coloured within that area.
Yes, of course.
These days, people move around a lot more than they used to do and interact with people in different areas, so it isn't surprising that their own language changes.
I feel that is a bit of a shame, really, as our very diverse accents and dialects made our language particularly interesting on an historical level.
Had this 'survey' been done a couple of centuries ago, or even as little as a hundred years, I'm sure the results would have been far more specific in most people's cases.
I've even heard it said that long ago a person might have even found it difficult to understand what was said by a person from a village only a few tens of miles away!
I understand that some universities (Leeds is one) have done some scientific research on the matter and been able to delve back in history through various means.
I'd be very interested to see their research findings, should they be made public.