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The Lincolnshire Dialect

Exploring the Lincolnshire accent and its dialects: nostalgia for natives and fascinating for frim folk! Once upon a time you’d be born in a Lincolnshire village or town. You’d probably spend much of your life in a Lincolnshire village and your communication with others would extend no further than people with whom you share geography, culture… or by extension, language. Today though, from cars and trains to air transport, it’s unlikely that many of us will remain in the same place for long. In our working and personal lives, we’re a more itinerant and more untethered civilisation. On the whole that’s a good thing, but we can’t help wondering if that means regional variations in accent and dialect will soon...