On Mon, 20 Jun 2011 11:08:09 -0700, Santosh Helekar wrote: <<<There are nearly 200 dialects of the English language around the world. There
are at least 35 dialects of English in the United Kingdom alone. Oxford English has many words borrowed or derived from several foreign languages in it, including Hindi, Marathi, Urdu, Tamil, Bengali, and of course, Sanskrit. Cheers, Santosh>>> COMMENT : First and foremost, I would request whoever uses the term “Dialect” to check its meaning. Here is definition by wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dialect Now, can Santosh please let me know where I can find the vocabulary, grammar, etc. of all the dialects he has cited above? And may I also know in which dictionary I can find “Uncle” & “Aunty” defined as a manner of addressing people as I have originally posted? And as Wiki states, an individual’s pattern of language usage is ‘Idiolect’. There is always a ‘Standard’ maintained in any language which is the written language and taught in schools as the “Standard English of England’ which does not undergo alterations. The rest of the variation can best be labelled as ‘corruption’ of the language. http://www.bl.uk/learning/langlit/changlang/across/languagetimeline.html Dr. Ferdinando dos Reis Falcão.
