[Wikipedia-l] The value of Pronunciation

[Alfio Puglisi]

On Tue, 22 Mar 2005, Stan Shebs wrote:

>It used to be said that an experts in English could get to within
>50 miles of a person's birthplace just by listening to the dialect.
>Dunno if that's still true in this more mobile age.

Sounds quite plausible. I can get down to less then 10km in my area, and
it's even more specific in southern italy.

Alfio