Editing Norfolk (section)

==Dialect, accent and nickname==
{{Main|Norfolk dialect}}
The Norfolk dialect is also known as "Broad Norfolk", although over the modern age much of the vocabulary and many of the phrases have died out due to a number of factors, such as radio, TV and people from other parts of the country coming to Norfolk. As a result, the speech of Norfolk is more of an [[Accent (dialect)|accent]] than a [[dialect]], though one part retained from the Norfolk dialect is the distinctive grammar of the region.{{Citation needed|date=August 2010}}

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People from Norfolk are sometimes known as [[Dumpling|Norfolk Dumplings]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.norfolkdialect.com/lostintranslation/pages/sinkers.html |title=FOND Norfolk Dumplings Page |publisher=Norfolkdialect.com |access-date=13 June 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304140211/http://www.norfolkdialect.com/lostintranslation/pages/sinkers.html |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref> an allusion to the flour dumplings that were traditionally a significant part of the local diet.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fromoldbooks.org/Grose-VulgarTongue/n/norfolk-dumpling.html |title=Norfolk Dumpling (Grose 1811 Dictionary) |publisher=Fromoldbooks.org |access-date=13 June 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924015730/http://www.fromoldbooks.org/Grose-VulgarTongue/n/norfolk-dumpling.html |archive-date=24 September 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

More cutting, perhaps, was the alleged pejorative [[medical slang]] term "Normal for Norfolk",<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/3159813.stm |title=Health &#124; Doctor slang is a dying art |work=BBC News |date=18 August 2003 |access-date=13 June 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160115110829/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/3159813.stm |archive-date=15 January 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref> alluding to the county's perceived status as a quirky rustic backwater due to a high level of [[inbreeding]] among residents.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-36082307 |title=Normal for Norfolk: Where did the phrase come from? |last1=Cawley |first1=Laurence |last2=Smith |first2=Jodie |work=BBC News |date=23 April 2016 |access-date=22 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160721093436/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-36082307 |archive-date=21 July 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/1526081/Norfolk-folk-are-sicker-because-they-are-inbred-says-local-MP.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/1526081/Norfolk-folk-are-sicker-because-they-are-inbred-says-local-MP.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Norfolk folk are sicker because they are inbred, says local MP |website=The Telegraph|date=11 August 2006 }}{{cbignore}}</ref>