There's too many dialects in the UK. Please eliminate 3.
November 12, 2026 at 5:26 AM
There's too many dialects in the UK. Please eliminate 3.
I can tell a man that nobody wants him in three languages if you could sarcasm and teeth sucking languages. Willing to pick up other dialects. Put me in.
November 10, 2026 at 1:37 PM
I can tell a man that nobody wants him in three languages if you could sarcasm and teeth sucking languages. Willing to pick up other dialects. Put me in.
All new Mega Man Legends’ voice actors must sound as Canadian as possible, anything less is cultural appropriation.
Throw in all our dialects too. Get a Newfie junk shop owner with a wife who speaks Toronto patois.
Throw in all our dialects too. Get a Newfie junk shop owner with a wife who speaks Toronto patois.
'Mega Man Legends' New Media has appeared on the "What's Shooting" page of ACTRA Toronto.
The union covers workers from the film, radio, television and digital media industries.
www.gematsu.com/2026/11/mega...
The union covers workers from the film, radio, television and digital media industries.
www.gematsu.com/2026/11/mega...
November 11, 2026 at 11:33 AM
All new Mega Man Legends’ voice actors must sound as Canadian as possible, anything less is cultural appropriation.
Throw in all our dialects too. Get a Newfie junk shop owner with a wife who speaks Toronto patois.
Throw in all our dialects too. Get a Newfie junk shop owner with a wife who speaks Toronto patois.
I wonee how many family dialects include "not same truck"
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November 12, 2026 at 8:22 AM
I wonee how many family dialects include "not same truck"
It /still/ means this in linguistics, where "the dialect of the aukštaičiai" is a catch-all term for all Lithuanian dialects that do not include Samogitian, or if you are a proponent of the theory that Samogitian is a language (I am, incidentally) it literally just means all Lithuanian dialects.
November 11, 2026 at 12:13 PM
It /still/ means this in linguistics, where "the dialect of the aukštaičiai" is a catch-all term for all Lithuanian dialects that do not include Samogitian, or if you are a proponent of the theory that Samogitian is a language (I am, incidentally) it literally just means all Lithuanian dialects.
It could be both right? Westerners seriously underestimate how many Easterners are fluent in Western internet dialects, to their own detriment sometimes
November 13, 2026 at 9:56 AM
It could be both right? Westerners seriously underestimate how many Easterners are fluent in Western internet dialects, to their own detriment sometimes
i dunno, how many elvish dialects does he have
November 13, 2026 at 10:11 PM
i dunno, how many elvish dialects does he have
Manchester Voices is finally fully available in all the usual places! The book tells the story of a large-scale sociolinguistics project exploring the accents, dialects and identities of people across Greater Manchester. Suitable for everyone. Mostly.
manchestervoices.org/book/
manchestervoices.org/book/
November 12, 2026 at 8:06 PM
Manchester Voices is finally fully available in all the usual places! The book tells the story of a large-scale sociolinguistics project exploring the accents, dialects and identities of people across Greater Manchester. Suitable for everyone. Mostly.
manchestervoices.org/book/
manchestervoices.org/book/
No, autocorrect, you cannot change rowhouse to townhouse, they are close but local dialects vary.
Very likely.
Even when not undermined, old rowhouses like those in NY often need stabilizing if their neighbor is torn down.
They should be able to stand on their own, but if they've had 125+ years to settle...
Even when not undermined, old rowhouses like those in NY often need stabilizing if their neighbor is torn down.
They should be able to stand on their own, but if they've had 125+ years to settle...
November 12, 2026 at 12:36 AM
No, autocorrect, you cannot change rowhouse to townhouse, they are close but local dialects vary.
it has been brought to my attention that not a lot of people know switzerland has 4 national languages + swiss-italian (Lombard/Ticinese dialect) and swiss-german which includes multiple dialects
November 12, 2026 at 8:41 PM
it has been brought to my attention that not a lot of people know switzerland has 4 national languages + swiss-italian (Lombard/Ticinese dialect) and swiss-german which includes multiple dialects
Awesome to have the opportunity to talk about Old East Nordic archaisms in Finland-Swedish dialects on @norsebysw.bsky.social’s channel. The PDF here available for fast reference and with hyperlinks to many more sound samples.
#langsky
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
#langsky
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
November 8, 2026 at 12:54 PM
Awesome to have the opportunity to talk about Old East Nordic archaisms in Finland-Swedish dialects on @norsebysw.bsky.social’s channel. The PDF here available for fast reference and with hyperlinks to many more sound samples.
#langsky
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
#langsky
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
I had a very interesting conversation with @schaljoh.bsky.social about his work on Swedish dialects spoken in Finland and in particular about some fascinating examples of archaisms from Old Norse that many of them preserve. youtu.be/v9w7uNLDy0c
Swedish dialects in Finland (feat. Dr. Johan Schalin)
YouTube video by Jackson Crawford
youtu.be
November 8, 2026 at 4:45 PM
I had a very interesting conversation with @schaljoh.bsky.social about his work on Swedish dialects spoken in Finland and in particular about some fascinating examples of archaisms from Old Norse that many of them preserve. youtu.be/v9w7uNLDy0c
Schoolhouse, jailhouse, churchhouse… 😆
One of the beautiful things about Southern dialects & Ebonics is that we *could* simplify things. But what’s the fun in that?
One of the beautiful things about Southern dialects & Ebonics is that we *could* simplify things. But what’s the fun in that?
Calling it the "schoolhouse" got me howling! Why they be calling it that? They can just say, school! 🤣🤣🤣💀
November 11, 2026 at 6:45 PM
Schoolhouse, jailhouse, churchhouse… 😆
One of the beautiful things about Southern dialects & Ebonics is that we *could* simplify things. But what’s the fun in that?
One of the beautiful things about Southern dialects & Ebonics is that we *could* simplify things. But what’s the fun in that?
it's the akanye mentioned by one of the commenters. unstressed vowels are pronounced systematically differently in many dialects of Slavic languages. transliteration is between orthographies, not pronunciation.
November 11, 2026 at 12:22 PM
it's the akanye mentioned by one of the commenters. unstressed vowels are pronounced systematically differently in many dialects of Slavic languages. transliteration is between orthographies, not pronunciation.
Sergio Aprosio (1926–2012) was a cultural and social historian of Savona and an expert on Ligurian dialects.
November 12, 2026 at 11:51 PM
Sergio Aprosio (1926–2012) was a cultural and social historian of Savona and an expert on Ligurian dialects.
We're speaking very different dialects of the same language
November 10, 2026 at 5:46 AM
We're speaking very different dialects of the same language
Okay he has gotten me started on the ethnographic regions, which are fucking bullshit. For the record, this is a very very very silly map that attempts to divide Lithuania neatly into cultural regions for the purposes of providing protection to folklore and local dialects and so on and so fucking on
November 11, 2026 at 12:07 PM
Okay he has gotten me started on the ethnographic regions, which are fucking bullshit. For the record, this is a very very very silly map that attempts to divide Lithuania neatly into cultural regions for the purposes of providing protection to folklore and local dialects and so on and so fucking on
Germany and Italy centralized later than France or England so greater persistence of regional dialects isn’t surprising.
November 10, 2026 at 2:09 PM
Germany and Italy centralized later than France or England so greater persistence of regional dialects isn’t surprising.
I like a lot of Swiss German dialects, so I'm in no position to judge.
November 13, 2026 at 6:55 PM
I like a lot of Swiss German dialects, so I'm in no position to judge.
Oh yeah, use of (A)llah very well-attested to in Judeo-Arabic across dialects.
Though there's a phrase borrowed directly from Hebrew too that you can say if someone asks how you are:
Sibaħ la il
Though there's a phrase borrowed directly from Hebrew too that you can say if someone asks how you are:
Sibaħ la il
November 13, 2026 at 2:24 PM
Oh yeah, use of (A)llah very well-attested to in Judeo-Arabic across dialects.
Though there's a phrase borrowed directly from Hebrew too that you can say if someone asks how you are:
Sibaħ la il
Though there's a phrase borrowed directly from Hebrew too that you can say if someone asks how you are:
Sibaħ la il
Two dialects I see
November 8, 2026 at 4:52 AM
Two dialects I see
The official common language of the kingdom of Galifar is Galian. This has led to several dialects influenced by pre-Galifar regional human languages.
November 12, 2026 at 8:38 PM
The official common language of the kingdom of Galifar is Galian. This has led to several dialects influenced by pre-Galifar regional human languages.
I know you just started the readaloud yesterday, but how are you feeling about the, like, six to eight different regional English dialects you're going to have to do
November 12, 2026 at 4:28 AM
I know you just started the readaloud yesterday, but how are you feeling about the, like, six to eight different regional English dialects you're going to have to do