Awesome dialect sights

West Country: (Draycott & Lou - FYI, I've added a few new ones)

This site features a 40 minute discussion of the dialect with a native speaker, and then examples of strange Devon words for each letter of the alphabet. (You need a Real Player to listen).

Recordings from the British Library - there is some great dialect info in the "commentary" section about specific pronunciation

Another example from the British Library.

Conversation from Postbridge (There's also one from Exeter on the same page if you click on the map in the right place)

A bunch of Devon examples



East End Cockney: (West, Wally & Patsy)

An example from a great BBC site of recorded conversations.

Here are three examples (click on the icons of people) from Hackney and Stoke Newington in the East End

Scroll down to "London" and you'll see a bunch of examples

Also, if it's helpful, I can give you guys a long list of films that feature the cockney accent. Just let me know if you are interested.