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==External links== *[http://accent.gmu.edu/ The Speech Accent Archive] 1254 audio samples of people with various accents reading the same paragraph. *[http://www.bl.uk/soundsfamiliar Sounds Familiar?] β Listen to examples of regional accents and dialects from across the UK on the British Library's 'Sounds Familiar' website *[http://www.soundcomparisons.com/ 'Hover & Hear' Accents of English from Around the World] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110429190515/http://www.soundcomparisons.com/ |date=2011-04-29 }}, listen and compare side by side instantaneously. *[http://www.dialectsarchive.com/ International Dialects of English Archive] *[http://sounds.bl.uk/BrowseCategory.aspx?category=Accents-and-dialects English Accents and Dialects] Searchable free-access archive of 681 speech samples, England only, wma format with linguistic commentary *[http://www.phon.ucl.ac.uk/home/estuary/ascherson.htm Britain's crumbling ruling class is losing the accent of authority] An article on the connection of class and accent in the UK, its decline, and the spread of Estuary English *[http://www.ling.upenn.edu/phonoatlas The Telsur Project] Homepage of the telephone survey of North American English accents *[http://english.cmu.edu/pittsburghspeech/ Pittsburgh Speech & Society] A site for non-linguists, by [[Barbara Johnstone]] of [[Carnegie Mellon University]] *[http://www.evolpub.com/Americandialects/PennaDialMap.html Linguistic Geography of Pennsylvania] by Claudio Salvucci *[https://web.archive.org/web/20150721021703/http://citypaper.net/articles/081497/article008.shtml Phillyspeak] A newspaper article on Philadelphia speech *[http://www.phon.ucl.ac.uk/home/wells/x202info.htm J.C. Wells' English Accents course] Includes class handouts describing Cockney, Scottish, Australian, and Scouse, among other things. *[https://web.archive.org/web/20050407232736/http://www.otago.ac.nz/anthropology/Linguistic/Accents.html Evaluating English Accents Worldwide] *[https://www.pbs.org/speak/ Do You Speak American?] A series of web pages by PBS that attempts to discuss the differences between dialects in the United States *[http://www.languagebyvideo.com/course.php?level=Advanced&languageId=2 Language by Video] Short videos demonstrating differences in English accents around the world. *[https://archive.org/details/dialects-english-scots Internet Archive collection on dialects of English and Scots] {{English dialects by continent}} [[Category:Dialects of English| Regional accents of English]] [[Category:English phonology]] [[Category:Shibboleths]]
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