The decline and fall of the regional twang has its 'pour et contre' at least from a Brummie perspective and going back a bit further I wonder how much of a centralizing effect Johnson's dictionary must've had? I suspect many words that didn't make it into officialdom had the potential to disappear within a generation or two which I assume would've had a knock-on effect to local dialects as well.
It says "the app calculates where you grew up based on your answers — with a creepy level of accuracy."
Since about 60% of the people in my neighbourhood are recent immigrants from various parts of the world, I probably would find it creepy if the app could accurately identify where many of them grew up.
Since about 60% of the people in my neighbourhood are recent immigrants from various parts of the world, I probably would find it creepy if the app could accurately identify where many of them grew up.
Very interesting stuff. Two things jumped out at me.
1. 'splinter' - in Ayrshire I don't remember any word other than 'skelf', and it is far from extinct.
2. 'hern' - that's a new one on me, but in Ayrshire, again, 'yourn' was very popular for 'yours' and probably still is.
1. 'splinter' - in Ayrshire I don't remember any word other than 'skelf', and it is far from extinct.
2. 'hern' - that's a new one on me, but in Ayrshire, again, 'yourn' was very popular for 'yours' and probably still is.