This website contains over 30 interactive dialect maps illustrating our findings. Check out the following example maps, or start exploring the full collection of lexical, phonological, and grammatical variables.

These maps show which UK speakers pronounce particular pairs of words identically, so that they are homophones. Homophones are words that are pronounced the same but have different meanings:

Our maps are based on results from a dialect survey that has been running for many years. The project started out as fieldwork undertaken by students of Linguistics and English Language at the University …

Lexical variables Lexical variation refers to the different words and phrases we use to refer to the same objects/concepts. Maps are available for the following variables: Map A1: Bread Map A2: Evening …

Finally, roll is apparently the normative choice, the most chosen variant and the one with the widest spread across the country, predominating in the South of England and in Scotland.

The use of dinner or tea is often employed as a prime example of England’s North-South division. The Oxford English Dictionary lists tea as “a light meal in the late afternoon, but locally in the U.K. (esp. …

Grammatical (or syntactic) variation deals with the ways in which sentences are structured and constructed. These maps show how UK speakers rate the following constructions: Map C1: Give it …

It becomes clear that pants is a strictly northern term when one looks at the variation in the North West in particular, where 49% of speakers use pants. In the South of England, this figure drops to a …

Nov 24, 2022 · North vs South: Is the Southern accent spreading here? Manchester Evening News, online edition (2013) Last updated on Nov 24, 2022

Pumps is more widespread throughout the UK, but shows clear prominence in the North, whereas plimsolls is favoured in the South. Daps is an interesting lexical choice, as it shows a very specific …