On Monday 28 August 2006 19:01, Robin Laing wrote: > > Geordie dialect (Newcastle area) is believed to have the most authentic > with better than 80% historically correct :-) Interesting! I took a class in history where the instructor was talking about the evolution of languages and pronunciations, and he said the closest dialect to the British of the 17th century is the dialect of American English currently spoken in the countryside around Atlanta, Georgia. -- Michael P Brininstool