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MSN group: Kimberley in Nottinghamshire
Personal page including information on the local brewery, dialect and conservation areas.
http://groups.msn.com/KimberleyinNottinghamshire

Did ye ken John Peel wid his cwote sae grey?
In the Cumbrian dialect, taken from original manuscript.
http://home.earthlink.net/~gaalli/johnpeel.html

Shiners Poems
A site dedicated to William "Shiner" Hawken, a poet in the Cornish dialect
http://shiners-poems.mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/index.jhtml

Talk Tidy
An indexed dictionary describing, in humorous fashion, the English dialect used in and around the Valleys of South Wales.
http://talktidy.com/

Talk Tidy. The Language of South Wales as an Art Form.
A humorous dictionary of the English dialect used in and around the valleys of South Wales.
http://talktidy.com/

Yorkshire Dialect Society
Scholarly society meets four times a year. Publishes an annual journal, "Transactions of the Yorkshire Dialect Society."
http://www.clanvis.com/loc/dialect/home.htm

Norfolk England Dialect
Pauline Dodd's page about the intricacies of the Norfolk dialect, including a wav file of Keith Skipper, journalist with the Eastern Daily Press and author of 'Larn Yourself Norfolk'.
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Acres/5564/dialect.html

Sirhowy Valley News Page
Includes a brief history of the area, photographs and details of places, a summary of famous people, and a phrasebook of local dialect.
http://www.geocities.com/jenks436/index.html

English to Geordie Translator
A humorous conversion of English to Geordie, a dialect of Northumbria, North East England.
http://www.geordie.org.uk/

The English to Geordie translator
Humorous conversion of English to the Geordie dialect.
http://www.geordie.org.uk/

Durham Dialect Project
Studying the dialect of the region. Includes dictionary, feedback on words, games, publications and newsletter.
http://www.indigogroup.co.uk/durhamdialect/

Lancashire Dialect Society
A place for Lancastrians world-wide to gather and to keep the Lancashire dialect alive.
http://www.ldsociety.fsnet.co.uk/

Lancashire Dialect Society
Membership information and some texts in the dialect.
http://www.ldsociety.fsnet.co.uk/

Torrington 1646 Outreach Education Project
This local heritage project aims to bring history to life in the classroom by using song, stories, role play, displays and dialect.
http://www.lhi.org.uk/projects_directory/projects_by_region/south_west/devon/torrington_1646_outreach_education_project/index.html

Friends of Norfolk Dialect
A group formed in 1999 to conserve and record the county's linguistic and cultural heritage.
http://www.norfolkdialect.com/

Lancashire Dialect - Completely Lanky
Comical guide to Lancashire dialect.
http://www.nyt.co.uk/lancashire.htm

Carney Heritage Productions
Offers a collection of video footage, a record of North East heritage, culture and Doric dialect, filmed on location in Aberdeenshire; also offers consultancy and the production of customised videos. Ordering and contact details. [Leylodge, Kintore]
http://www.scottishheritage.co.uk/

Edwin Bottomley
A collection of his Yorkshire dialect poems, in memory of a Silsden poet who died in 1997.
http://www.silsden.net/yorkshiredialect/edwin/index.htm

That Be Bristle
A satirical news site dedicated to life in the city of Bristol. Includes headlines, archive and local dialect dictionary.
http://www.thatbebristle.co.uk

Dialectology - Fishermen's Dialect and Glossary of Fish Names in Scotland
Thesis on fishermen's dialect on the Southeast coast of Scotland and a glossary of fish names in Scotland from the 1920s.
http://www.theverybestofstuff.de/contents/dialectology.html