Dialect Recognition Exercise
PART 1 (No credit, just practice) From the list in the frame on the left select the correct dialect regions where the sentences in the table below might be spoken and enter the appropriate numbers in the corresponding boxes on the left. Next push the buttons and see if you selected the correct region. Don't push the button before writing a number in the box to the left or your computer will explode!
PART 2 (Homework credit) Translate and transliterate the sentences themselves into standard US English using US (or British) English spelling conventions. You may substitute standard vocabulary items for dialectal variants where appropriate. Bring the translations with you to class either Monday or Wednesday or send them to me now by email by clicking here for homework credit
			[mÏ mÍdÍ tík dÏ fojst kêb Œi síwÏ]
			[aj bat mÏ lÀst kÀ in nju jØk]
			[hu buŒ hawgd dÀt dawg ovr jandr ”o bab]
			[huz bin itøü öÏ frÏwzn strowbriz mÍöÏ]
			[ma faöÏ lÍvd wawdÏ mowÏ öÀn død mÏ mÍöÏ]
			[mi løšl lajdil bi on tØjm wøf Ï løšl bøšÏ lÏk]
			[jÏnz mÏst wer jur gÏmz øf øt gøfs mÏ“ ren]
			[død jy gêš Ï gyd lyk êš wi bêrn ovr öêr]
			[Àts Ï rØjš nØjs løšl føü iz gaš donšjÏ fiük]
			[dÏ møsøz pít pojpl kojšnz øn dÏ trløt]
			[aj bøt i gøts tÏ bød Ï bøt lajt]
			[ajvÏ nju bÏwt ju rijÏlø mÏst si]