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2. International Dialects of English Archive - Wikipedia

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   The International Dialects of English Archive (IDEA) is a free, online archive of primary-source dialect and accent recordings of the English language. The archive was founded by Paul Meier in 1998 at the University of Kansas and includes hundreds of recordings of English speakers throughout the world.

3. Sound correspondences between English accents - Wikipedia

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   Boston accent Cajun English California English Chicano English General American [16] [17] [9] Inland Northern American English Miami accent Mid-Atlantic English New York accent Philadelphia accent Southern American English Brummie [18] Southern England English Northern England English RP Ulster English West & South-West Irish English Dublin English

4. Regional accents of English - Wikipedia

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   English Accents and Dialects Searchable free-access archive of 681 speech samples, England only, wma format with linguistic commentary Britain's crumbling ruling class is losing the accent of authority An article on the connection of class and accent in the UK, its decline, and the spread of Estuary English

5. List of dialects of English - Wikipedia

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   Indian English: Standard Indian English. Indian English: the "standard" English used by government administration, it derives from the British Indian Empire. Butler English: (also Bearer English or Kitchen English), once an occupational dialect, now a social dialect. Hinglish: a growing macaronic hybrid use of English and Indian languages.

6. Inland Northern American English - Wikipedia

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   Linguists often characterize the northwestern Great Lakes region's dialect separately as North-Central American English. The early 20th-century accent of the Inland North was the basis for the term "General American", [6] [7] though the regional accent has since altered, due to the Northern Cities Vowel Shift: its now-defining chain shift of ...

7. Why Learning to Understand Unfamiliar Accents May Save ... - AOL

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   English may be the international language of business, but the dizzying variety of accents despite the common language inevitably lead to communication problems. While the usual solution has been ...