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Ch4 Website Links with Audio Chapter 4 – Website links with audio British Isles England o RP – www.dialectsarchive.com/england-63 (female, 1954, white, Surrey (and abroad)) o South-West England – www.dialectsarchive.com/england-70 (female, 21, 1986, white, Torquay (Devon)) o South-East – www.dialectsarchive.com/england-91 (female, 46, 1966, white, Southampton (Hampshire) and USA) o London – www.dialectsarchive.com/england-62 (female, 21, 1985, white and Sri Lankan, South Norwood (South-East London)) o East – www.dialectsarchive.com/england-47 (male, 22, 1980, white, Cambridge) o East Midlands – www.dialectsarchive.com/england-66 (male, 40s, 1962, white, Gainsborough (Lincolnshire) and Yorkshire) o West Midlands – www.dialectsarchive.com/england-53 (female, 56, 1947, white, Gaydon (Warwickshire)) o Yorkshire and Humber – www.dialectsarchive.com/england-83 (male, 27, 1982, white, Skipton (North Yorkshire)) o North-West – www.dialectsarchive.com/england-44 (female, 31, 1970, white, Kirkdale (Liverpool) and Manchester) o North-East – www.dialectsarchive.com/england-13 (female, 43, 1957, white, Newcastle (Tyne and Wear)) (only one for comma gets a cure) o North-East – www.dialectsarchive.com/england-26 (female, 19, 1980, white, Gateshead (Tyne and Wear)) Wales o www.dialectsarchive.com/wales-6 (female, 20, 1989, Caucasian, Hirwaun and Carmarthen) Scotland o www.dialectsarchive.com/scotland-12 (male, 22, 1980, Caucasian, New Galloway and Edinburgh) Northern Ireland o www.dialectsarchive.com/northern-ireland-3 (female, 20s, Irish/Caucasian, Belfast) Republic of Ireland o www.dialectsarchive.com/ireland-7 (female, 20, 1984, Irish/Caucasian, Dublin) North America Canada o West/Central Canadian – www.dialectsarchive.com/ontario-3 (male, 49, 1956, Caucasian, Point Edward) o Newfoundland – www.dialectsarchive.com/newfoundland-3 (male, 36, 1963, Caucasian, Eastport) o The Maritimes – www.dialectsarchive.com/nova-scotia-4 (female, 23, 1977, Caucasian, Glace Bay (Cape Breton Island)) USA o Central Eastern – www.dialectsarchive.com/maryland-4 (female, 50s, 1950s, Caucasian, Baltimore, Maryland) The Midland o North Midland – www.dialectsarchive.com/iowa-1 (female, 21, 1986, Caucasian, Linn Grove, Iowa) o South Midland – www.dialectsarchive.com/kentucky-8 (male, 34, 1968, Caucasian, Marion, Kentucky) The North o Inland North – www.dialectsarchive.com/illinois-8 (male, 20, 1984, Chicago, Illinois) o North Central – www.dialectsarchive.com/north-dakota-1 (female, 20, 1982, Bismarck, North Dakota) o Western New England – www.dialectsarchive.com/vermont-1 (female, 53, 1960, Caucasian, Springfield, Vermont) o Eastern New England – www.dialectsarchive.com/maine-3 (female, 95, 1915, Caucasian, Nobleboro, Vermont) Mid-Atlantic o New York City – www.dialectsarchive.com/new-york-6 (female, 53, 1947, Jewish, New York City (Queens) and Long Island) o New Jersey – www.dialectsarchive.com/new-jersey-3 (male, 44, 1961, Caucasian, Newark (and nearby Belleville)) o Pennsylvania (Philadelphia) – www.dialectsarchive.com/pennsylvania-5 (male, 50, 1950, Caucasian, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) o Maryland (Baltimore) – http://www.dialectsarchive.com/maryland-4 (female, 50s, 1950s, Caucasian, Baltimore) The South o Virginia Piedmont – www.dialectsarchive.com/virginia-3 (male, 60s, 1930s, Caucasian, Radford and Martinsville, Virginia) o Coastal Southern – www.dialectsarchive.com/georgia-1 (male, 43, 1957, Caucasian, Savannah, Georgia) o Miami – www.dialectsarchive.com/florida-2 (male, 18, Caucasian, Miami) o South Midland – www.dialectsarchive.com/kentucky-8 (male, 34, 1968, Caucasian, Marion, Kentucky) o Southern Appalachian – www.dialectsarchive.com/west-virginia-2 (female, 70s, 1920s, Caucasian, Glen White and Crab Orchard, West Virginia) o Gulf Southern – www.dialectsarchive.com/arkansas-5 (male, 23, 1978, Caucasian, Little Rock and De Valls Bluff, Arkansas) o Florida Cracker – www.dialectsarchive.com/florida-3 (male, 20, Caucasian, Pensacola) o Texas – www.dialectsarchive.com/texas-18 (male, 46, 1965, Caucasian, Mesquite) Western Dialect o California English – www.dialectsarchive.com/california-4 (female, 24, 1981, Caucasian, Thousand Oaks (Southern California)) o Pacific North-West – www.dialectsarchive.com/washington-2 (male, 21, 1991, Caucasian, Seattle) Australia and the Pacific Australia o www.dialectsarchive.com/australia-23 (male, 26, 1984, Caucasian, Perth) New Zealand o www.dialectsarchive.com/new-zealand-6 (male, 27, 1977, Caucasian, Christchurch) The Caribbean Barbados o www.dialectsarchive.com/barbados-1 (female, 40, 1972, African (Black Caribbean), Christ Church) Bermuda o www.dialectsarchive.com/bermuda-1 (male, 26, 1980, black, Bermuda) Cuba o www.dialectsarchive.com/cuba-2 (female, 55, 1950, Cuban, Santiago de Cuba (and California, United States)) Dominican Republic o www.dialectsarchive.com/dominican-republic-1 (female, 23, 1990, Santo Domingo) Haiti o www.dialectsarchive.com/haiti-1 (male, 20s, 1970s, Haitian, Port-au-Prince (and United States)) Jamaica o www.dialectsarchive.com/jamaica-5 (male, 19, 1993, African-Jamaican, Linstead (St. Catherine)) Martinique o www.dialectsarchive.com/martinique-1 (male, 24, 1985, Caucasian, Martinique (France and England, too)) (best recording) Montserrat o www.dialectsarchive.com/montserrat-1 (male, 34, 1978, black, Montserrat) Puerto Rico o www.dialectsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/puerto_rico3.mp3 (male, 57, 1954, Puerto Rican, Bayamón and San Juan) Saint Lucia o www.dialectsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/saint_lucia1.mp3 (female, 44, 1966, Saint Lucia (and Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands)) Trinidad o www.dialectsarchive.com/trinidad-6 (male, 23, 1990, African-Trinidadian, Diego Martin) .
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