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Dialectology:

The Cambridge Online Survey of World Englishes

Online language survey collects English dialect features from site visitors and publishes results on dialect maps.

http://www.ling.cam.ac.uk/survey/

Dialect Topography

Interactive results of a sociolinguistic postal survey of dialect variants in eastern Canada and northeastern United States.

http://dialect.topography.chass.utoronto.ca/

Dialectology

Dialectology section has general information as well as papers, links, and information on Norwegian, Dutch and German dialects.

http://odur.let.rug.nl/~heeringa/dialectology/

Graand

Free Classified Ads Portal

www.graand.com

Estuary English Resources and Information

Estuary English resource page includes many links to research and articles about a variety of English spoken in the areas around the river Thames and its estuary.

http://www.phon.ucl.ac.uk/home/estuary/home.htm

Good Practice Guide to Dialectology

Introduction to Dialectology by Dr. David Britain including a bibliography and related links.

http://www.lang.ltsn.ac.uk/resources/goodpractice.aspx?resourceid=964

Harvard Survey of North American Dialects

Results of an online survey of regional pronunciations of American English

http://www4.uwm.edu/FLL/linguistics/dialect/index.html

International Society for Dialectology and Geolinguistics

Official site promotes dialectology and geolinguistics and features membership and publication information for the International Journal of Dialectology and Geolinguistics.

http://www.uni-bamberg.de/romling1/sidg/

Linguistic Atlas Projects

Comprehensive information on linguistic dialect atlas projects across the U.S. including access to some data.

http://us.english.uga.edu/

Linguistic Innovators: The English of Adolescents in London

Quantitative sociolinguistic research among young Londoners studies changes in mainstream speech and how linguistic features spread. Includes description of project and research articles.

http://www.lancs.ac.uk/fss/projects/linguistics/innovators/index.htm

New Zealand English

Resources on social dialect studies in New Zealand.

http://www.ualberta.ca/~johnnewm/NZEnglish/home.html

Sociolinguistics

Informational page on sociolinguistics with a very large section on dialects.

http://www.unc.edu/~gerfen/Ling30Sp2002/sociolinguistics.html

University of Copenhagen Dialectology

Overview of research and resources on Danish dialectology.

http://english.dialektforskning.ku.dk/

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Ministers shelve 42-day detention

Home Secretary Jacqui Smith says plans to extend terror detention to 42 days will be dropped from current bill.

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Ex-South African President Thabo Mbeki arrives in Harare to try and salvage the power-sharing deal he brokered last month.

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The teenager accused of murdering Rhys Jones told a girl the alleged target was going to "get it", a court hears.

news.bbc.co.uk

Terry & Cole out of Belarus match

Injured duo John Terry and Ashley Cole will miss England's World Cup qualifier against Belarus, and keeper Robert Green is also out.

news.bbc.co.uk

Motorists stopped over pub murder

Strathclyde Police release details of the vehicle they believe was used in a double shooting outside a Glasgow pub.

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A teenager dies

But what can anyone say to a grieving parent?

news.bbc.co.uk

Parliament hit by green protest

Police close the main public entrance to Parliament after environmental protesters try to force their way in.

news.bbc.co.uk

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The euthanasia expert advising over-50s on suicide

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Asian stocks repeat US successes

Tokyo's Nikkei index soars 10% higher, matching gains seen in New York, as confidence starts to return to financial markets.

news.bbc.co.uk

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Schools hit by rebuilding delays

The scale of the delays affecting England's school rebuilding project is revealed by a parliamentary question.

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House sales hit new 30-year low

The slump in the property market is worsening, the latest survey from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors says.

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LA firefighters battle wildfires

Firefighters tackle wildfires near Los Angeles which have caused two deaths, with 12,000 driven from their homes.

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Whale deal falls at last minute

Hope for consensus between environmentalists and whalers in Barcelona is derailed by a last-minute Australian intervention.

news.bbc.co.uk

Anteaters get antsy over Thailand violence

Zookeepers in Bangkok move two anteaters out of the city, fearing stress caused by noisy recent clashes could make the sensitive animals ill.

news.bbc.co.uk

Wildcats forward Watene dies

Wakefield prop forward Adam Watene, 31, dies after taking part in a training session.

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IFA sacks chief executive Wells

Irish Football Association chief executive Howard Wells has been sacked.

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