> That's certainly the case here (Norfolk, East Anglia) where, for instance,
> all verb paradigms are regularised ("He say" for both "he says" and "he
> said") and we have "to have just now" as a sort of recent past "I just now
> see him comin' 'long the loke")
> (way aye man, ya canna whack 'em!)
> Mike
>
>>
>> Are you speaking from an American or British perspective? Traditional
>> British _dialects_ often differed quite markedly from standard English -
>> particularly in the use pronouns and in certain verb forms. Many of these
>> dialects disappeared during the 20th century, leaving only more or less
>> standard English spoken with a regional accent.
>>
>> If someone speaks standard English with a Geordie accent, we southerners
>> can generally follow what's said. But if someone speaks in the Geordie
>> dialect, then we haven't a hope ;)
>>
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>> fieri per pauciora.
>> [William of Ockham]
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