Dialect Test
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The Dialect Test was created by Joseph Wright, although it first appeared in the works of A.J. Ellis, to whom Wright dictated the test. It appeared on page 8 of On Early English Pronunciation, Part V. The existing phonology of English dialects compared with that of West Saxon speech. The aim was to capture the main vowel sounds of an individual dialect by listening to the reading of a short passage.
- 1 So I say, mates, you see now that I am right about that little girl coming from the school yonder.
- 2 She is going down the road there through the red gate on the left hand side of the way.
- 3 Sure enough, the child has gone straight up to the door of the wrong house,
- 4 where she will chance to find that drunken deaf shrivelled fellow of the name of Thomas.
- 5 We all know him very well.
- 6 Won't the old chap soon teach her not to do it again, poor thing!
- 7 Look! Isn't it true?