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Kentish Dialect Resources
When looking for resources to research the Kentish dialect the most obvious place to start is with word lists and dictionaries, these can be specifically dedicated to Kentish speech, or found among a dictionary of dialect words collected from across the British Isles. Beyond these documents we need to look for works which incorporate Kentish…
Man of Kent or Kentish Man
I think most of us born in Kent are aware of these two terms being available to identify ourselves. In modern times it seems to have become established that those born east of the River Medway are Men of Kent and those born west of the Medway are Kentish Men. Francis Grose notes this distinction;…
Accent and Pronunciation
For an appreciation of the way that the Kent dialect was spoken it is probably best to turn to the Introduction of Parish and Shaw’s The Dictionary of the Kentish Dialect and Provincialisms in use in the county of Kent (1888), part of which is reproduced below. Their introduction then goes on to make some…
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