Having linguistics training and a hobby interest in dialects of English, wondering around downtown Wellington, NZ listening to people talk is fascinating. Naturally a variety of NZ dialects, Australian, Indian, North American dialects, and that’s just in 24 hours. 🙂 #NewZealand #EnglishDialects

'Tin' of food or 'can' of food? Tin wins everywhere, but there's a classic hierarchical pattern with can spreading from London, Edinburgh and Birmingham. The northeast of England holds out with tin. #englishdialects

I spend a lot of time in Black USian spaces, so I've seen it a lot. There's no such thing as #BadEnglish, only thousands of various #Dialects #EnglishDialects across the world. #BVE UK mostly: #BlackVernacularEnglish; #AAVE #AfricanAmericanVernacularEnglish

Personally I find dialects fascinating.