In Dialects^x, Phrasal verbs^x

Phrasal verbs appear to have their origin during the Hundred Years War when the English went to fight the French in 1337. The nobles who led the common soldiers had their own lingua-franca, Anglo-Norman, but the men in the ranks spoke only their own particular dialect of old English. Phrasal...

which makes Mallorca the perfect place to study Spanish! On the same note, I believe that the English spoken in Malta is far more understandable than most British regional dialects. I've lived in Geordie England (Newcastle) and living there is like living on another planet when it comes to...

Is the Spanish spoken in Mallorca a particular dialect? The reason why I'm asking is that I've had many students in Malta complaining that when they studied English in England and Ireland they couldn't understand a word of English outside the classroom!