Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tees speak


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The result was delete. WjBscribe 22:05, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

Tees speak

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I question the notability of this dialect, if it can even be called that, is factual Computerjoe 's talk  19:32, 8 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete. I'd say transwiki, but...well, where would it go? --Dennisthe2 20:10, 8 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep. Regional dialects of British English are notable, and are probably too complicated to merge into the main British English article. Perhaps references from Survey of English Dialects could be added to this article. --Eastmain 04:13, 9 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep More than a group of dicdefs, a dialect distinguishable on its own, and that's sufficient.DGG 09:09, 9 April 2007 (UTC)
 * A reliable source, please? Computerjoe 's talk 10:34, 9 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Computerjoe makes a good point. This article links to a web site, that appears to be the sole proponent of the idea that there is a distinct, individual, dialect of the Lower Tees.  There's no evidence that the rest of the world has acknowledged this idea, or that it has been subject to peer review.  Indeed, the web site itself states that the idea is not yet finalized.  In contrast, I can find entire published glossaries for (say) the Cleveland dialect. ISBN 0521861071 states that the River Tees is a "linguistic boundary" between the Yorkshire dialect and the dialect of County Durham.  It notes that only recently (the 1990s) have H dropping and definite article reduction been observed to cross that boundary, but does not argue for the existence of a new dialect on that basis, and indeed presents the situation for Northern English as being a lot more complex than there being a single "Tees speak" dialect for Teesside. This article is supported by a single source that itself acknowledges that it is a new hypothesis that has yet to be finalized, let alone peer reviewed and acknowledged by the world at large.  The peer reviewed sources that exist do not support this particular subdivision of Northern English. Delete. Uncle G 14:22, 9 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete unless reliable sources (peer-reviewed research written by actual linguists) are provided. Until then, perhaps a redirect to Northern English would be appropriate. —Angr 15:04, 9 April 2007 (UTC)
 * delete. . Mukadderat 17:52, 13 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Reason, please? Computerjoe 's talk 20:09, 13 April 2007 (UTC)
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