Just to clarify, /au/ is the phonetic transcription for the diphthong found in words like "owl" or "brown" (so they'd be transcribed as /aul/ and /braun/). The exact quality of that diphthong varies across dialects, of course. But English basically never uses that diphthong followed by /g/.
October 31, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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Snackst du plattdüütsch? Not only do we have a great selection of German books and literature, we love German dialects as well! Check out this kid's book on Plattdeutsch. #studylanguages #studygerman #indiebookstore
October 31, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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What I wrote in grammatically correct Jewish Aramaic (though possibly in a dreadful mix of dialects) was: why wouldn't you study in these letters, which we received from the Arameans themselves?
October 31, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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I like the idea of other races in Star Trek having multiple dialects and discrete languages and cultures instead of every non human race being a monoculture. It's boring, yo!
a man is sitting in a chair with his hands on his chin and looking at the camera .
ALT: a man is sitting in a chair with his hands on his chin and looking at the camera .
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October 31, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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That's pretty close. Also Ireland has various dialects so it can differ. But MH is W in Irish, not an M sound.
October 31, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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“Van Gockkkkkk.”
At least in Noord Brabant that’s how it’s mostly pronounced. I don’t know of any East Brabants dialects which are any less savage on their throats with the shibboleth “agkkkkk” (facial contortions not shown).
At least in Noord Brabant that’s how it’s mostly pronounced. I don’t know of any East Brabants dialects which are any less savage on their throats with the shibboleth “agkkkkk” (facial contortions not shown).
October 31, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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I gave away a wee copy of my book to a lad from Yoker that I met at work.
I’ve asked him to come back & tell me if, in the dialogue, I got the Scottish dialects right (as I’ve no actually lived in civilisation since 1989)
My view is more books should be written in a Scottish accent
I’ve asked him to come back & tell me if, in the dialogue, I got the Scottish dialects right (as I’ve no actually lived in civilisation since 1989)
My view is more books should be written in a Scottish accent
October 31, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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Yeah I can see it.
October 31, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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I also did it to LC but I hated it with a vengeance (liked it in Primary because of a native speaker teacher who clearly loved it). I decided to re-learn because I had a need, I'm interested in placenames and Hiberno-English dialects. Mastered the noun system not sure if I'll go any further.
October 31, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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Why this word?
The English language is made up of thousands of words that can be traced back to many root languages — we can find evidence of Latin, Greek, and Germanic roots, as well as Sanskrit, Hebrew, and lesser-known dialects.
The English language is made up of thousands of words that can be traced back to many root languages — we can find evidence of Latin, Greek, and Germanic roots, as well as Sanskrit, Hebrew, and lesser-known dialects.
October 31, 2025 at 10:27 AM
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In a person with DLD we would expect to see difficulties with reading comprehension, but that is not necessarily dyslexia. Dialects is decoding and fluency
October 31, 2025 at 9:59 AM
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Accent and dialects evolve. As a young teen I moved from town Liverpool 3 to West Derby. I had to learn to speak like the wools who lived there. That was the 60's the only lad I understood in our street was from Scotland Rd.
October 31, 2025 at 9:23 AM
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“I started to hear conversations that sounded like they were right next to me. There were no people anywhere near us. And they were clearly from different eras, sometimes different countries, different languages & dialects” Brianna Ladapo Wife of Tinfoil Antivaxxer kook Florida Surgon General said
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Guided by angels, pursued by chemtrails: the weird world of Florida health chief’s influential wife
Brianna Ladapo, the wife of Florida surgeon general Dr Joseph Ladapo, claims her husband won’t work with anyone she hasn’t vetted
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Guided by angels, pursued by chemtrails: the weird world of Florida health chief’s influential wife
Brianna Ladapo, the wife of Florida surgeon general Dr Joseph Ladapo, claims her husband won’t work with anyone she hasn’t vetted
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Guided by angels, pursued by chemtrails: the weird world of Florida health chief’s influential wife
Brianna Ladapo, the wife of Florida surgeon general Dr Joseph Ladapo, claims her husband won’t work with anyone she hasn’t vetted
www.theguardian.com
October 31, 2025 at 6:39 AM
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I’m trying to watch a video comparing two Italian dialects and YouTube is automatically AI dubbing both of them into American English and if the person responsible for this was in the room with me today I would be in jail tomorrow
October 31, 2025 at 2:25 AM
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- hand driers
- AI voices
- shoes on carpet or tile floors
- miscellaneous football noises
- whiteboard squeaking
- guys doing exaggerated bogan dialects like the sportsbet ad guy
- lemons being squeezed
- AI voices
- shoes on carpet or tile floors
- miscellaneous football noises
- whiteboard squeaking
- guys doing exaggerated bogan dialects like the sportsbet ad guy
- lemons being squeezed
October 31, 2025 at 2:23 AM
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There aren't any dialects that preserve dual marking on verbs, so not really—I had this one teacher who might, he claimed he spoke only MSA to his kids.
This was just a fun exercise about showing that MSA doesn't have a consistent stress system that is applied across the modern dialects.
This was just a fun exercise about showing that MSA doesn't have a consistent stress system that is applied across the modern dialects.
October 31, 2025 at 2:11 AM
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Good 'ol Cognitive Dissonance 2025 - respect OG Rap & slang dialects as valid & honourable, & eschew literary prescriptivism of global US norms simultaneously. What a weird fuckin' world we inhabit right now, eh?
October 30, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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yep
and when they say Dari or Tajik Farsi, they're referring to the Persian dialects predominantly spoken in Afghanistan or Tajikistan.
and when they say Dari or Tajik Farsi, they're referring to the Persian dialects predominantly spoken in Afghanistan or Tajikistan.
October 30, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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But I do have to credit y'all for your localization of "Soviet Union" because it brings me manly giggles when physically spoken with most Western English dialects.
October 30, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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I didn't really understand how dialects "get started" until the first time I heard someone pronounce genuine as "jan-u-wine" and thought "that is superior and I should incorporate it into my speech immediately"
October 30, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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I've tried it out in different dialects and it still sounds close to what a Dutch person would say.
Rutte, Geert: both tricky. The worst: Omtzigt.
Rutte, Geert: both tricky. The worst: Omtzigt.
October 30, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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Nearly 40 languages and dialects are used to worship the Heavenly Father on any given Sunday among U.S. Alliance churches.
The Vietnamese District churches and the Hmong District churches are the 4th and 5th largest districts among all 25 districts in The Alliance.
The Vietnamese District churches and the Hmong District churches are the 4th and 5th largest districts among all 25 districts in The Alliance.
October 30, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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This is why nobody actually speaks literary standard language and there's all the different slangs and dialects to confuse every foreigner who's painstakingly learned kirjakieli... which might actually be a problem now that I think of it 🤔
I'd just say "kaheskymmenes-eka kerros" for short.
I'd just say "kaheskymmenes-eka kerros" for short.
October 30, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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Tolkien apparently really loved putting on regional dialects when telling bedtime stories to his kids. Adds another layer to it all.
October 30, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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He'd have had to get really really old to do it. The complex combination of dialects and archaic words and formulaic phrases suggest a long period of development. For insight into Homeric poetry as a compositional system (as opposed to once-off works by one author), visit the Homer Multitext site
Homer Multitext - Landing - The Center for Hellenic Studies
The Homer Multitext Project Editors: Casey Dué and Mary Ebbott Information Architects: Christopher Blackwell and Neel SmithCo-Editors: Douglas Frame, Leonard Muellner, Gregory Nagy The Homer Multitext...
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October 30, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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