Talk:Suffolk dialect

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Examples[edit]

Found http://www.soundingboardproductions.co.uk/suffolkvoices.shtml - provides an example of the Suffolk accent (free samples of about 90 seconds).

Stereotypes[edit]

This article enforces stereotypes of the suffolk dialect. I have a suffolk accent, I know how people talk within these far distances, and I am feel insulted because people don't use these words anymore. (only old ladies and stereotypical farmers)

Here is my list of changes I suggest.

  • "Tommorrow" is "Too-more-oh"
  • "I'll" is simply "I'll"
  • "Soap" is "So-p"
  • "Seen" is "Sea-nn"
  • "Picture" is "Pick-chur"
  • "Lecture" is "Leck-chur"
  • "Shopping" is "Shop-ing", its unlikely to hear the word "Sharping". I have no idea how people get those words wrong like that
  • "Going" is like "Glowing"
  • "Int" is obsolete.
  • "It" is "It"
  • "The" is commonly changed to "deh" ("I'm going to deh shop")
  • "Bear" is "Bare"

Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.142.231.181 (talk) 13:32, 30 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

There's a contradiction - road to 'rood' or 'rud'. While I'm not sure about parts of the north of the county, it's 'rud' as far as I know and 'rood' in Norfolk. 121.54.54.60 (talk) 13:14, 18 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]
You do have a point there. I'm currently working on it and would consider what you've said here. It's certainly quite bad and I'm going to do a makeover of it. — they call me AWESOMEmeeos ... [ˈɔɪ̯]! 03:01, 30 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]
I'm from the South of Suffolk, I've heard both 'rood' and 'rud' from my born and bred Suffolk grandparents.

Merger with East Anglian English[edit]

This article was previously (and unilaterally) merged into East Anglian English by a single user who appears not to have followed WP:PM. Whilst this article clearly has issues which need addressing, and whilst there may be an argument to be made for merging it into another article, such a merger should only happen after a merger has been proposed, flagged on the article itself, and then discussed until consensus has been reached.

A potential source for cleaning up the page might be: https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/9783110577549/html Antonine (talk) 22:30, 30 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]