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Author Topic: Ferntickles or murfles? Survey of England's regional dialects to be revived  (Read 722 times)

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SydneyRover

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''University of Leeds researchers to update groundbreaking 1950s language survey

Are you terrified by “harvest men” or “long-legged tailors”? Do you have “ferntickles” or “brunny-spots” on your face? If someone called you “gibble-fisted” would you be affronted or amused?''

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/nov/09/england-regional-dialect-survey-university-of-leeds



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