Friday, March 22, 2002

Oxford Student: Fun Stuff

Websites English college students find amusing - Oxford Student: Fun Stuff.


From the site:


Regional accents - ever wondered how to say hello in Newcastle without getting laughed back across the Tyne? Or wanted to talk like Jamie Oliver auditioning for the latest Guy Ritchie film? Or fancied finding out the (quite important) difference between a bloke from Dudley with a bostin' wench (nice girl) and one from West Bromwich with a bustin' wrench (big spanner)? This collection of regional dictionaries contains accented and dialect words and phrases from the parts that received pronunciation did not reach... Brummie; Black Country; Cockney; Geordie; Glaswegian; Lancashire; Scouse - send us more!

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