5 - British English

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_English

The page contains some features about British English. Its contents are: history, dialects, accent, standardization, references on the subject, notes and external links.

http://www.bl.uk/learning/langlit/sounds/index.html

This site site captures and celebrates the diversity of spoken English in the second half of the twentieth century. Accents and dialects of the UK.




http://www.freewebs.com/englishdialects/index.htm

A UK website which purports to "encourage the use of traditional English Dialects which have been threatened almost to extinction by the dominance of Standard English in the media."




http://www.peevish.co.uk/slang/introduction.htm

This online resource is a reference guide to the many slang and informal expressions heard in the United Kingdom.