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History of the English language
http://ebbs.english.vt.edu/hel/hel.html
The English language on Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_language
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General sites about English dialects
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_dialects_of_the_English_language
http://www.gazzaro.it/accents/files/EnglishAccents.html
http://www.ship.edu/~cgboeree/dialectsofenglish.html
Cumbria dialect
http://www.lakelanddialectsociety.org/
Dorset Dialect
http://www.dorsetshire.com/cgi-bin/dialect.pl?mode=NORMAL
Durham & Tyneside Dialect
http://www.indigogroup.co.uk/durhamdialect/
Estuary English
http://www.phon.ucl.ac.uk/home/estuary/home.htm
Lancashire dialect
http://ldsociety.com
http://www.mawdesley-village.org.uk/dialect.html
Norfolk dialect
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Acres/5564/dialect.html
Dialects of the North East of England
http://www.northumbriana.org.uk/langsoc/
http://www.communigate.co.uk/ne/teesspeak/
Yorkshire dialect
http://www.ydsociety.org.uk
http://www.yorkshiredialect.com
http://www.nhi.clara.net/yd.htm
Scottish Vernacular Dictionary
http://www.firstfoot.com/php/glossary/phpglossar_0.8/index.php
American Dialect Society
http://www.americandialect.org
Coal Speak
http://www.coalregion.com/Speak/speakA.htm
Canadian English
http://www.cornerstoneword.com/misc/cdneng/cdneng.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_English
http://www.umanitoba.ca/faculties/arts/linguistics/russell/138/notes.htm
Harvard World-wide English Dialects
http://www.courses.fas.harvard.edu/~ling80/tool/wwwlinks/
International Dialects of English Archive
http://www.ku.edu/~idea/
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America <> British dictionary
http://www.peak.org/~jeremy/dictionary/dictionary/dictionary.php
United Kingdom English for the American Novice
http://www.hps.com/~tpg/ukdict/
List of American vs. British Spelling
http://www2.gsu.edu/~wwwesl/egw/jones/spelling.htm
American and British English differences
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_and_British_English_differences
The Best of British - The American's guide to speaking British.
http://www.effingpot.com
British, Canadian and American Vocabulary
http://www3.telus.net/linguisticsissues/britishcanadianamericanvocab.html
NZ English to US English Dictionary
http://www.nz.com/new-zealand/guide-book/language/dictionary.aspx
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Cockney Rhyming Slang
http://www.cockneyrhymingslang.co.uk
http://www.aldertons.com
Irish Slang
http://www.at.artslink.co.za/~gerry/irisha_m.htm
Dublin Slang
http://homepage.eircom.net/~nobyrne/slang.html
http://www.de-ridder.info/ireland/slang.shtml
Chicagoese
http://members.aol.com/mistamoose/vocab.html
http://www.seanparnell.com/Chicago/Chicagoese.htm
Yooper Dialect
http://www.usaring.com/yooper/glossary.htm
Philly Slang
http://www.talker.com/philadelphia/slang.html
http://www.phillytalk.com/philly/philly-slang.html
Ozark Slang
http://www.rootsweb.com/~mostone/fun/slang.htm
Australian Slang Dictionary
http://www.aussieslang.com
New Zealand Slang
http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~sarah/content/slang.html
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/
http://virtulanguage.com
http://www.zozanga.com
http://www.learn-english.co.il
http://www.learnenglish-a-z.com
ingilizce dersleri (English lessons in Turkish)
http://www.ingilizce.tk
Various online tools for the English language
http://www.online-utility.org/english/
Online resources for learning English
http://www.polite-english.com
http://www.common-mistakes.net
http://www.english-daily.com
http://www.english-portal.com
http://www.englishgateway.com
http://www.oyunlarlaingilizce.net
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Merriam-Webster Online
http://www.m-w.com
Dictionary.com
http://dictionary.reference.com
alphaDictionary
http://www.alphadictionary.com
Cambridge Dictionaries Online
http://dictionary.cambridge.org
The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
http://www.bartleby.com/61/
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Bibliomania - articles, drama, fiction, interviews, poetry and short stories
http://www.bibliomania.com
Free Web Books, Online (from Aeschylus to Zola)
http://etext.library.adelaide.edu.au
Page By Page Books. Read Classic Books Online, Free
http://www.pagebypagebooks.com
The Literature Network: Online classic literature, poems, and quotes. Essays & Summaries
http://www.online-literature.com
Literature.org - full and unabridged texts of classic works of English literature.
http://www.literature.org
Texts in Context - a collection of over 400 intertesting and unusual British Library texts
http://www.bllearning.co.uk/live/text/
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LiteralSystems - Free Audio Books
http://literalsystems.org
LibriVox - free online audio books
http://librivox.org
Project Gutenberg:The Audio Books Project
http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:The_Audio_Books_Project
1000+ Free Books, MP3 Audio Books
http://www.free-books.org
The Bible in MP3 Audio
http://www.audiotreasure.com
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There have been numerous prosposals to simplify, reform and/or improve the spelling of English. Below are links to a few of them.
Simplified Spelling Society
http://www.spellingsociety.org
Fanetik - Reformed (Phonetic) English Spelling
http://members.aol.com/Fanetiks/
Phonetic American Alphabet Simplified (PAAS)
http://fonikspel.com/aLFuBeT.aspx
Speechskript
http://www.speechskript.com/speechsk.htm
Spelling Reform - And The Real Reason It's Impossible
http://www.xibalba.demon.co.uk/jbr/ortho.html
English Spelling - Problems in learning to read and write
http://www.englishspellingproblems.co.uk
English Spelling Reform - more links
http://members.fortunecity.com/rapidrytr/Spell/spel-links.html
A number of alternative alphabets for English have been devised, including:
Deseret,
Interbet,
Quikscript,
Shavian and
Unifon
Constructed scripts for English
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http://www.theenglishlanguage.org
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