Editing Lincolnshire (section)

===Local dialect===
In common with most other [[English English#Northern England|Northern]] and [[English English#Midlands|Midlands dialects]] in England, "flat" ''a'' is preferred, i.e. {{IPAc-en|b|æ|θ}} over {{IPAc-en|b|ɑː|θ}}, and also traditionally in words like 'water', pronounced {{IPA|/ˈwætər/}} ''watter'' (though such a pronunciation is rarely heard nowadays). Similarly, {{IPA|/ʌ/}} is usually replaced by {{IPA|/ʊ/}}. Features rather more confined to Lincolnshire include:
*Elaboration of [[Received Pronunciation]] English {{IPA|/eɪ/}} or {{IPA|/iː/}} into a complex [[triphthong]] approximating, and often [[Transcription (linguistics)|transcribed]] ''-air-'' or ''-yair-''. For example: 'mate' {{IPA|[m(j)ɛːət]}}; 'beast' {{IPA|[b(j)ɛːəst]}}; ''tates'' (potatoes) {{IPA|[t(j)ɛːəts]}}.
*An equivalent elaboration of standard English {{IPA|/oʊ/}} – commonly {{IPA|[oː]}} in [[Northern England]] – into ''-ooa-''. For example, 'boat' {{IPA|[bʊːət]}}.
*Insertion of an extra [[schwa]] into the standard English [[diphthong]] {{IPA|/aʊ/}}.
*[[Vocabulary]]: 'duck' as a term of endearment or informal address, 'mardy' meaning upset or angry, ''mowt'' (pronounced like 'mout') for 'might', ''while'' as a substitute for standard English 'until', ''frit'' meaning frightened, ''grufty'' meaning dirty or disgusting, and the inimitable [[salutation (greeting)|salutation]] ''now then!?'' (hello), sometimes written ''nairn'' to reflect pronunciation.
*In the north-east of the county, around Grimsby and Immingham, the [[Phonological history of English vowels|nurse-square merger]] can be heard, as is also the case along the east coast of Yorkshire and also in Liverpool. Words that take {{IPA|/ɜː/}} in RP take {{IPA|/ɛː/}} in these areas.

Lincolnshire has its own dialect "champion", a farmer from the village of [[Minting]] called Farmer Wink (real name Robert Carlton), who has produced videos about rural life, narrated in his broad Lincolnshire accent. A resident of [[Woodhall Spa]] has published a dictionary of words once prevalent in parts of the county.<ref>[http://www.thisislincolnshire.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=156130&command=displayContent&sourceNode=156603&home=yes&contentPK=15658693 thisislincolnshire.co.uk] {{dead link |date=June 2016 |bot=medic}}{{cbignore |bot=medic}}</ref>