Wenglish: The Dialect of the South Wales Valleys

摘要

Wenglish is the name adopted by John Edwards in the 1980s to denote the distinctive dialect form of English spoken in the South Wales valleys, an erstwhile coal-mining area of worldwide importance. John Edwards' Talk Tidy books (Edwards, 1985, 1986) and recordings describing this form of English are deservedly popular. Wenglish combines the intonations, expressions, and accents of the two dialects (Thomas and Thomas, 1989) of the Welsh language, spoken from Carmarthenshire eastwards to Monmouthshire, with the speech rhythms of English. It originated, developed, and spread in and from the booming coal-mining valleys (such as Gwendraeth, Aman, Afan, Llynfi, Ogwr, Elai, Rhondda, Cynon, Rhymni, Sirhowy, Ebbw).