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No I ve never heard of a movie being dubbed into another dialect That would seem rather ludicrous to me Ok so I ve always wanted to use the word ludicrous You have to remember that North Americans usually understand most dialects of British English just fine RP and General American defined here...

I think the International Dialects of English Archive has several files for different people from the same location Just Google the title I don t remember the exact URL If you want to hear differences in class that website has a short commentary about each of the speakers As I recall the older...

Monday December 11 2006 16 20 00 I m looking for online resources of audio files downloadable of differences in dialects accents accordning to class I need this for a presentation in Sociolinguistics but it is very difficult to find files that are not just examples or geographical differences...

Hi I spent some time in OZ and I recognize the dialect Mike do you agree A station wagon is something like a pickup truck The rear of the vehicle is a covered tray with lots of room for sports gear pets or whatever If this is an Australian book then I would guess that the word bus is a little...

A word of caution about speaking Cockney Italy is full of regional dialects and pronunciations They are very interesting for foreigners and I understand some of them but I would never dream even after 30 years in Italy of trying to speak these dialects except for a moment just for fun Unless you...

I would like to add that the above post was really intended to go in the main thread about the British Library Archive of English Accents and Dialects Phonetics is very scientific and objective in its description of sounds All sounds are mapped to an international system of symbols and are also...

Hi all Yesterday I posted a reply to this thread asking a question http www englishforums com English BritishLibraryArchiveEnglishAccents Dialects ppjz Post htm Today I see that my question has been deleted and that the thread has been locked Could someone please inform me why my question was...

This is great I was actually looking for some recordings of various dialects to play for my students and this is perfect

Mjcbrown wrote Unlike as in Germany regional accents have been retained by the working classes and now are still distinctive of the working class and as such bear a working class stigma Presumably this means retained only by the working classes otherwise it could be interpreted as meaning there...

i feel so bad that i cant speak english as well as other students i had been to U S only few years but i found myself totally changed my life has no joy fun and hopes i feel like i was being isolated by other classmates because i ccant speak their language fluently sometimes they making fun of my...