Regional Newspapers

[daveytaylor]

Can you help? Do you even want to?

I am doing a linguistics course and need a bit of help.

Here in the Black Country we have the Black Country Bugle. It is a very regional newspaper but what is interesting to me is the fact that it has articles written phonetically in Black Country Speak.

So that's the Black Country.

What I need are the names, websites and / or contact details of other similar publications around the country. It is important that they have examples of regional accents and dialects.

What I don't want are fake ones like The South Wales Pig Fucker or The Liverpool Thief but real ones so I can contact the paper and get copies for my course.

Over to you whores.

[fanny splendid]

In the stoke area, there is a local, possibly daily, paper with a cartoon in called 'Me Un Mar Lady' which is written in the North Staffordshire dialect.

Edit: done a search, it's called The Sentinel

here's a link to more info about the dialect, and the cartoon

[Capuchin]

I had no idea such a thing existed.
How novel.

[smoker]

http://www.stamfordmercury.co.uk/

stamford mercury, britain's oldest weekly paper. my grandad used to edit it

[Vermschneid Mehearties]

You're so modest smoker. You didn't tell anyone you ran cross-country races to raise money for it.

EDIT:



And that has avatar written all over it.

[smoker]

You're so modest smoker. You didn't tell anyone you ran cross-country races to raise money for it.

well, one doesn't like to brag, you know.

[smoker]

And that has avatar written all over it.

the guy on the right is another ex-editor who used to drink, a lot, in my local. top bloke, and the rosy cheeks aren't painted on

[Vermschneid Mehearties]

*chuckle*

Excellent, and as I say...there's a sure-fire avatar there somewhere!

[daveytaylor]

In the stoke area, there is a local, possibly daily, paper with a cartoon in called 'Me Un Mar Lady' which is written in the North Staffordshire dialect.

That was fucking spot on Fanny. Give yourself a pat on the back, a Blue Peter badge and award yourself with a wank.

Smoker, big thanks for the Stamford Today link, I have emailed the editorial staff for more help.

Thanks guys... anyone got any more.