Forest Dialect

All things about the Forest of Dean dialect, updates on the linguistic research findings, resources, and news.

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Here's how the Forest of Dean & people were described in the 19C. Ideas that are still with us today. https://t.co/TlRXpRwYJp

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@MichelleStraw1

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George Riddlers Oven, is centuries old Glos dialect poem and has many features from the Forest Dialect. https://t.co/NfGGwuoUoP
@forestersforest

[Forest Dialect @ForestDialect]

George Riddlers Oven, is centuries old Glos dialect poem and has many features from the Forest Dialect. https://t.co/NfGGwuoUoP
@forestersforest

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https://t.co/kCn8CtDtpR

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Contibutors from the Forest of Dean to 19C Glos Glossary, gives us an earlier idea of the Forest dialect - have you heard of any of them? https://t.co/PirWxilMCi…

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Contibutors from the Forest of Dean to 19C Glos Glossary, gives us an earlier idea of the Forest dialect - have you heard of any of them? https://t.co/PirWxilMCi…

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hearing many of these and more in Gloucestershire too

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@FODSculpture @xkhadygueye @ZakiyaMedia pleased to see supportive voice from @FODSculpture, let's amplify and bring to the fore different perspectives, experiences and talents

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@glosenglish @EnglishGlos

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https://t.co/zAjxu93KD3
Journal article on @ForestDialect Poets, now published in @EnglishToday. Its global readers includes academics, journalists, broadcasters, teachers and advanced students @readingthefod @forestersforest

[Forest of Dean District Council @FoDDC]

Cllr Mark Turner has made some adjustments to one of our social distancing signs.
@ForestDialect may enjoy this!

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Radio 4 Tongue & Talk to feature Forest Dialect. Prog airs Sun 30 August 2020, 16:30.
Hear about #ForestDialect poets, past and present. Also, Research Fellow Dr Michelle Straw will talk about the gendered nature of dialect.
https://t.co/RStQZ7KnkQ

[Visit the Forest of Dean & Wye Valley @VisitDeanWye]

What a stunning photo 🦡❤️

[Forest Dialect @ForestDialect]

Language scholars use IPA the international phonetic alphabet which has one symbol for each sound. The English spelling system is terrible for that- see, sea, cede, believe, seige, key, me,

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Dialect writing in the Forest of Dean today is part of a centuries old tradition. They give us a flavour of the dialect & contain many features verified by language scholars. But how can they portray accent, especially the vowels?

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@EstherAsprey @Wolvensam well thats a yes,

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@officialhenryp @ZakiyaMedia @bristolpaul @NeilMaggs2 @TristanCorkPost rhotic r is real English and was exported to US and Caribbean from the west of England because it was being lost from the south east. And Wessex was the literary language of Anglo-Saxon England

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@ZakiyaMedia embracing life, embracing the future honours the memory of those who went before us. We look into the past to glimpse the lives of our ancestors and learn their stories. In turn we make the stories for future generations.