Still whanging? Dialect hunt aims to update prized English language archive

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https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/apr/28/still-whanging-dialect-hunt-aims-to-update-prized-english-language-archive?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

If you want a regional map of what a cowhouse or freckles or chip pan scraps were called across England, they are in the archive. In the case of scraps, there are 50 variants from craps and cratchings to scratch and scratchings.

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