27 October 2009
British Caribbean accents
I mentioned that the British Library has several curatorial blogs in the last post. I'm pleased to note that another one has joined the roster: Voices of the UK - a blog about the BL's audio collections of British accents and dialects. Among the first of Jonnie, Jon and Helen's posts is one about British Caribbean recordings made in Huddersfield - "Poppy-show and kiss-teeth". A quick click, and you can find out more about patwa, "KST" and the Database of Regional English ...
[M.S.]