Mark Brader wrote:
> Bert Vaux:
>
>>>>http://www.ling.cam.ac.uk/survey/.
>
>
> Einde O'Callaghan:
>
>>>In was prepared to participate in this test but was unable to do so
>>>because of a major fault with this survey - in order to participatee
>>>youn have to enter a postcode - however in the Republic of Ireland,
>>>where I was born and grew up, postcodes are not used except in the
>>>cities of Dublin and Cork.
>
>
> I wonder how many cities there are where Bert is going to get meaningful
> data distingui****ng dialects of different parts of the city. Asking for
> a postal code seems way too specific.
I had problems with postcodes too. I thought I ought to give the place
where I was born, which probably had a greater influence on my
pronunciation than my later translation to Australia, but the online
postcode search couldn't find it, so I had to give my Aussie code.
(The Royal Post, or whatever they call themselves, did provide me with
the code 24 hours later)
--
Rob Bannister
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