Regional dialects | Boycotting posh hotels | April Fools’ Day | Comedians in politicsKaty Guest affirms the Oxford English Dictionary’s contribution to our understanding of regional English varieties (Embrace our regional slang, or you can kiss my chuddies, 1 April), but we should not forget the work of that other pillar of the establishment: the BBC. Way back in the 1950s, Wot Cheor Geordie was broadcast for purely regional consumption at a time when visitors to some parts of Tyneside required an interpreter to make sense of things. But the “educated Geordie” that I have spoken since schooldays can now …read more
Source: The Guardian
