query: where english is spoken in the world?

title: Wellington Corpus of Spoken New Zealand English

text: studies including those looking at morphology, pronoun use and language contact studies, as of the influence of Māori on NZ English. Corpus main website: http://www.victoria.ac.nz/lals/resources/corpora-default/corpora-wsc Wellington Corpus of Spoken New Zealand English The Wellington Corpus of Spoken New Zealand English is a one-million-word corpus of transcribed English compiled from materials collected between 1988 and 1994, which is made up of excerpts from a range of speakers who have lived in New Zealand since before the age of 10. The corpus was collected under the direction of linguist Janet Holmes and includes broadcast transcripts as well as informal conversations, telephone conversations,

text: Wellington Corpus of Spoken New Zealand English The Wellington Corpus of Spoken New Zealand English is a one-million-word corpus of transcribed English compiled from materials collected between 1988 and 1994, which is made up of excerpts from a range of speakers who have lived in New Zealand since before the age of 10. The corpus was collected under the direction of linguist Janet Holmes and includes broadcast transcripts as well as informal conversations, telephone conversations, lectures, and oral history interviews. The corpus, which was distributed as part of the 1999 ICAME CD-ROM, has been used for a number of academic

title: Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (TV show)

text: ACME Agent in Charge of Training New Recruits. There was also a New Zealand version of Carmen Sandiego that lasted from 1996 - 1999. Radio Television of Malaysia produced their own iteration of the show in 1998 titled "Di Mana Joe Jambul" (Where Is Pompadour Joe). In this version, contestants composed of two teams of three kids try to find clues and stop Pompadour Joe and his gang criminal activities around the world. The show was rebooted in 2012 with a new set, animation and rules. Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (TV show) Where in the World Is

title: English in the Commonwealth of Nations

text: found in Zimbabwe, Botswana and Namibia; the dialects spoken are similar to South African English. In countries such as Kenya - particularly in Nairobi and other cities where there is an expanding middle class - English is increasingly being used in the home as the first language, albeit often with significant influences from Bantu languages such as Swahili. India has the largest English-speaking population in the Commonwealth, although comparatively few speakers of Indian English are first language speakers (indeed, the same is true of English spoken in other parts of South Asia e.g. Pakistani English, Bangladeshi English). South Asian English

title: British English

text: British English British English is the standard dialect of English language as spoken and written in the United Kingdom. Variations exist in formal, written English in the United Kingdom. For example, the adjective "wee" is almost exclusively used in parts of Scotland and Ireland, and occasionally Yorkshire, whereas "little" is predominant elsewhere. Nevertheless, there is a meaningful degree of uniformity in written English within the United Kingdom, and this could be described by the term British English. The forms of spoken English, however, vary considerably more than in most other areas of the world where English is spoken, so a

title: Variation in Australian English

text: similar situation as the east coast of the United States with descendants of European migrants having the "Jersey accent". Although relatively homogeneous, some regional variations in Australian English are notable. The dialects of English spoken in the eastern states, where the majority of the population lives, differ somewhat to that spoken in South Australia and Western Australia. Another notable dialect is Torres Strait English, spoken by the inhabitants of the Torres Strait Islands. Torres Strait English, as distinct from Torres Strait Creole, developed separately to, but has been significantly influenced by, General Australian English. The regional varieties of English can

text: was entitled "Jagd um die Welt – Schnappt Carmen Sandiego! (Chase Around the World: Catch Carmen Sandiego!)" in 1994. In the same year, BVPI also co-produced the Italian series in Naples with national broadcaster RAI (entitled "Dov'è finita Carmen Sandiego?"), and the Spanish version, "Dónde se esconde Carmen Sandiego", ("Where Hides Carmen Sandiego") which was co-produced in Valencia with national broadcaster TVE in 1995. Canada's Télé-Québec produced a French-language version called "Mais, où se cache Carmen Sandiego? (But, Where is Carmen Sandiego Hiding?)", which aired between 1995 and 1998 and stars Pauline Martin as "The Chief" and Martin Drainville as

title: English in the Commonwealth of Nations

text: English in the Commonwealth of Nations The use of the English language in most member countries of the Commonwealth of Nations was inherited from British colonisation. English is spoken as a first or second language in most of the Commonwealth. In a few countries, such as Cyprus and Malaysia, it does not have official status, but is widely used as a lingua franca. Mozambique is an exception – although English is widely spoken there, it is a former Portuguese colony which joined the Commonwealth in 1996. Many regions, notably Canada, Australia, India, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa, Hong Kong, Malaysia,

title: Where in the Universe Is Carmen Sandiego?

text: Where in the Universe Is Carmen Sandiego? Where in the Universe Is Carmen Sandiego? (aka Carmen I) was a live theatrical, edutainment program including a planetarium film, that is now licensed to planetariums across the US, Canada, and Japan. Started in 1999, the show featured the effects work of Adrian Ropp, produced by Dr. William A. Gutsch and composed by Mark Mercury. The program was "modeled quite closely after the very successful television [TV] programs, "Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?" and "Where in Time Is Carmen Sandiego?". There was a conscious decision to design it as a "fast

title: English-speaking world

text: Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, Trinidad and Tobago, and the Turks and Caicos Islands. Other substantial communities of native speakers are found in South Africa (4.8 million) and Nigeria (4 million, 5%). In some countries where English is not the most spoken language, it is an official language; these countries include Botswana, Cameroon (co-official with French), Eswatini (Swaziland), Fiji, Ghana, Hong Kong, India, Kenya, Kiribati, Lesotho, Liberia, Malta, the Marshall Islands, Mauritius, the Federated States of Micronesia, Namibia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Palau, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Lucia, Samoa, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, the Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka,

title: English-speaking world

text: institutions and majority of population as native (United Kingdom and Ireland) and as a second language in other member states. English is the third largest language by number of native speakers, after Mandarin and Spanish. Estimates that include second language speakers vary greatly, from 470 million to more than 1 billion. David Crystal calculates that, as of 2003, non-native speakers outnumbered native speakers by a ratio of 3 to 1. When combining native and non-native speakers, English is the most widely spoken language worldwide. Besides the major varieties of English, such as British English, American English, Canadian English, Australian English,

title: Modern English

text: America, the Indian subcontinent, Africa, Australia and New Zealand through colonisation by the British Empire. Modern English has many dialects spoken in many countries throughout the world, sometimes collectively referred to as the anglosphere. These dialects include American English, Australian English, British English (containing English English, Welsh English and Scottish English), Canadian English, Caribbean English, Hiberno-English, Indian English, Pakistani English, Nigerian English, New Zealand English, Philippine English, Singaporean English, and South African English. According to the Ethnologue, there are almost 1 billion speakers of English as a first or second language. English is spoken as a first or a second

title: English language in England

text: English language in England The English language spoken and written in England encompasses a diverse range of accents and dialects. The dialect forms part of the broader British English, along with other varieties in the United Kingdom. Terms used to refer to the English language spoken and written in England include: English English, Anglo-English and British English in England. The related term 'British English' (which in American English is often used to mean English English and Anglo-English) has many ambiguities and tensions in the word "British" and as a result can be used and interpreted multiple ways, but is usually

title: English language

text: have learned it as a second language than there are native speakers. English is the most commonly spoken language in the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, Australia, Ireland and New Zealand, and it is widely spoken in some areas of the Caribbean, Africa and South Asia. It is a co-official language of the United Nations, the European Union and many other world and regional international organisations. It is the most widely spoken Germanic language, accounting for at least 70% of speakers of this Indo-European branch. English has a vast vocabulary, though counting how many words any language has is

title: Rhoticity in English

text: stems. For example: [boːɹd] "board", [t̠ʃɜɹt̠ʃ] "church", [pɜɹθ] "Perth"; but [flæː] "flour", [dɒktə] "doctor", [jɪəz] "years". It has been speculated that this feature may derive from the fact that many of the first settlers in coastal South Australia – including Cornish tin-miners, Scottish missionaries, and American whalers – spoke rhotic varieties. The English spoken in Asia is predominantly rhotic. Many varieties of Indian English are rhotic owing to the underlying phonotactics of the native Indo-Aryan and Dravidian languages whilst some tend to be non-rhotic. In the case of the Philippines, this may be explained because the English that is spoken

title: English-speaking world

text: by 32 of the 50 US state governments. Furthermore, per United States nationality law, the process of becoming a naturalized citizen of the US entails a basic English proficiency test, which may be the most prominent example of the claim of the nation not having an official language being belied by policy realities. Although falling short of official status, English is also an important language in several former colonies and protectorates of the United Kingdom, such as Bahrain, Bangladesh, Brunei, Cyprus and the United Arab Emirates. Because English is so widely spoken, it has often been referred to as a

title: Spoken English Corpus

text: only be searched using specially written scripts. The database, together with tools, is available under GNU GPL licensing at the Aix-MARSEC project site. Spoken English Corpus The Spoken English Corpus (SEC) is a speech corpus used in corpus linguistics consisting of a collection of recordings of spoken British English compiled during the period 1984-7 through a collaboration, funded by IBM, between the Unit for Computer Research on the English Language (UCREL) at the University of Lancaster and the IBM Scientific Centre in Winchester. The corpus comprises 53 recorded passages, mainly recorded from the BBC, spoken in the accent usually referred

title: Spoken English Corpus

text: Spoken English Corpus The Spoken English Corpus (SEC) is a speech corpus used in corpus linguistics consisting of a collection of recordings of spoken British English compiled during the period 1984-7 through a collaboration, funded by IBM, between the Unit for Computer Research on the English Language (UCREL) at the University of Lancaster and the IBM Scientific Centre in Winchester. The corpus comprises 53 recorded passages, mainly recorded from the BBC, spoken in the accent usually referred to as Received Pronunciation, or RP. It covers categories such as commentary. news broadcast, lecture and dialogue. The corpus contains 52,637 words, in

title: Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? 3 - New Carmen Adventure

text: Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? 3 - New Carmen Adventure Mais où se Cache Carmen Sandiego? Mystère au Bout du Monde ("Mystery at the End of the World") also known as Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? 3 - New Carmen Adventure in English is a French Carmen Sandiego game released on February 18, 2009. It was published by Mindscape and developed by French studio Strass Productions. It is a point-and-click adventure aimed at ages 8 to 12. It follows ACME detectives Julia and Adam in a worldwide hunt across 10 countries for stolen world treasures. It

text: positive: "For an e-learning game, it's probably one of the better ones available and does give kids something different to the mindless violence of the console world of gaming. It's not the greatest game ever made but for the genre, it's sturdy enough!". The game was given an overall score of 6.9. Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? 3 - New Carmen Adventure Mais où se Cache Carmen Sandiego? Mystère au Bout du Monde ("Mystery at the End of the World") also known as Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? 3 - New Carmen Adventure in English is

title: Where in the World Is Osama bin Laden?

text: Where in the World Is Osama bin Laden? Where in the World Is Osama Bin Laden? is a 2008 documentary film, conceived by Adam Dell and co written, produced, directed by and starring Morgan Spurlock, an American independent filmmaker. The title of the film is a play on the title of the television game show and computer game series, "Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?", and other “Where in the World is” themes. After some comical animations involving Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, the film shows Spurlock visiting various countries associated with or affected by Bin Laden. The film

title: Where in the World Is Osama bin Laden?

text: wants to change it into an amusement park. Spurlock is also shown on a US Army patrol as an embedded journalist. Spurlock is shown hesitating to enter the area of Pakistan near the Afghan border where Bin Laden is at the time, which is closed to foreigners, and deciding not to go there, arguing that it is not worth the risk. He concludes that the people in the countries he visited are ordinary people just like himself and the audience. Where in the World Is Osama bin Laden? Where in the World Is Osama Bin Laden? is a 2008 documentary

title: Longman Grammar of Spoken and Written English

text: on university and teacher-training courses. Longman Grammar of Spoken and Written English Longman Grammar of Spoken and Written English (LGSWE) is a descriptive grammar of English written by Douglas Biber, Stig Johansson, Geoffrey Leech, Susan Conrad, and Edward Finegan, first published by Longman in 1999. It is an authoritative description of modern English, a successor to "A Comprehensive Grammar of the English Language" (ComGEL) published in 1985 and a predecessor of the "Cambridge Grammar of the English Language" (CamGEL) published in 2002. The authors and some reviewers consider it a complement rather than a replacement of the former since it

text: Longman Grammar of Spoken and Written English Longman Grammar of Spoken and Written English (LGSWE) is a descriptive grammar of English written by Douglas Biber, Stig Johansson, Geoffrey Leech, Susan Conrad, and Edward Finegan, first published by Longman in 1999. It is an authoritative description of modern English, a successor to "A Comprehensive Grammar of the English Language" (ComGEL) published in 1985 and a predecessor of the "Cambridge Grammar of the English Language" (CamGEL) published in 2002. The authors and some reviewers consider it a complement rather than a replacement of the former since it follows – with few exceptions

title: Rhoticity in English

text: are primarily non-rhotic as are the underlying varieties of Niger-Congo languages spoken in that part of West Africa. Rhoticity may be present in English spoken in areas where rhotic Afro-Asiatic or Nilo Saharan languages are spoken across northern West Africa and in the Nilotic regions of East Africa. More modern trends show an increasing American influence on African English pronunciation particularly among younger urban affluent populations, where the American rhotic 'r' may be over-stressed in informal communication to create a pseudo-Americanised accent. By and large official spoken English used in post colonial African countries is non-rhotic. Standard Liberian English is

title: Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (album)

text: Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (album) Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? is the soundtrack to the PBS children's geography game show of the same name that ran between 1991 and 1996. It was released on November 10, 1992 by BMG Kidz, Fight Records and Zoom Express. Rockapella, the house band on the show throughout its entire run, sings six of the ten songs on the soundtrack. The group had been around for about 5.5 years before being contracted to work for the World gameshow. The producer of that series saw the group on the Spike Lee

title: Spoken English Corpus

text: a recording time of 339 minutes. The compilation of the corpus is described by Lita Taylor in her 1996 article "The Compilation of the Spoken English Corpus." The whole corpus in print can be purchased at Routledge. A system was devised for transcription of the intonation of the material in the recordings, and two transcribers, Gerry Knowles and Briony Williams, analysed the entire corpus. The transcription system is explained by Williams, and an experiment was conducted by Brian Pickering to assess the degree of agreement between the two transcribers on a section of the Corpus containing around 1000 tone-units which

title: Where in the World of Music Is Carmen Sandiego?

text: Where in the World of Music Is Carmen Sandiego? Where in the World of Music Is Carmen Sandiego? is a concert series developed by Gary Sheldon. It consists of 3 concerts: The Case of the Missing Concert Hall, The Case of the Missing Bells, and The Case of the Missing Pyramids. The annual family concerts are based on the popular Carmen Sandiego video game Where In The World, and the subsequent franchise. Sheldon has "taken [the show] to orchestras throughout America". Robert Weinapple still works with orchestras around the world hosting these children’s concerts. According to Sandpoint, Idaho, a unique

text: also contain witty humour appealing to adults. Rockapella bass Barry Carl explained "We don't wish to talk down to teens - they're more sophisticated". The group incorporated seven different musical genres, for example Violin which has an Irish lilt to it. Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (album) Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? is the soundtrack to the PBS children's geography game show of the same name that ran between 1991 and 1996. It was released on November 10, 1992 by BMG Kidz, Fight Records and Zoom Express. Rockapella, the house band on the show throughout its

title: Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? Treasures of Knowledge

text: Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? Treasures of Knowledge Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? Treasures of Knowledge (aka Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? and Carmen Sandiego Treasures of Knowledge) is a point-and-click adventure game in the Carmen Sandiego franchise, released in 2001. For its title, the game does not use the long-standing formula of the previous "Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?" titles. Instead, the game seems to be based on the structure of the newest version of "Where in Time is Carmen Sandiego?", which The Learning Company retitled "Carmen Sandiego's Great Chase Through

text: game had a Class Progress Report that maintained and updated the progress of the player"." Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? Treasures of Knowledge Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? Treasures of Knowledge (aka Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? and Carmen Sandiego Treasures of Knowledge) is a point-and-click adventure game in the Carmen Sandiego franchise, released in 2001. For its title, the game does not use the long-standing formula of the previous "Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?" titles. Instead, the game seems to be based on the structure of the newest version of "Where

title: Many a true word is spoken in jest

text: Many a true word is spoken in jest Many a true word is spoken in jest is an adage, aphorism or proverb. A version of this appears in the Prologue to The Cook's Tale (written in 1390) by Chaucer: ""Ful ofte in game a sooth I have herd saye!"". An early print appearance of the most familiar form of this aphorism was in Volume VII of the "Roxburghe Ballads", where appears in the prologue to "The Merry Man's Resolution, or A London Frollick". The ballad purportedly goes back to the 17th century, but the introductory verse was probably written by

text: and Lakeland attended the orchestra's two shows Tuesday at North Idaho College" in early 1999. This "adventure sideline" of the family event Rivers of the World, during the Festival for Families at Sandpoint "kept audience interest alive with Aida". The Festival’s Executive Director, Dyno Wahl said: “This year we really beefed up the children’s activities at the family concert”. Where in the World of Music Is Carmen Sandiego? Where in the World of Music Is Carmen Sandiego? is a concert series developed by Gary Sheldon. It consists of 3 concerts: The Case of the Missing Concert Hall, The Case of

text: and "non-conversational speech" (e.g. lectures, sermons). Covering both British and American varieties of English in all of these registers but the last one, the descriptions in LGSWE are based on a language corpus exceeding 40 million words and as such this grammar has been widely praised as a new milestone in corpus-based grammatical studies. While targeting "English language students and researchers" (p. 45), an abridged version of the grammar was released in 2002, "Longman Student Grammar of Spoken and Written English", together with a workbook entitled "Longman Student Grammar of Spoken and Written English Workbook", to be used by students

title: Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (1996 video game)

text: projects". The December 1999 edition of Working Mother said of both the U.S.A and World Deluxe editions (released in 1998) "[players]'ll learn about the music, culture, and historic sites of each region", and added "the ever-popular Carmen programs just seem to get better and better". The article "`Sandiego' still getting better" says that the game has "high-quality content, use of the latest technology and the fun factor...show[ing the Broderbund] folks know what they're doing". Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (1996 video game) Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (sometimes referred to as Where in the World Is

text: Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (TV show) Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? is an American half-hour children's television game show based on the Carmen Sandiego computer game series created by Brøderbund Software. The show was hosted by Greg Lee, who was joined by Lynne Thigpen, and the a capella vocal group Rockapella, who served as the show's house band and comedy troupe. The series was videotaped in New York City and co-produced by WQED and WGBH-TV, and aired on PBS stations from September 30, 1991 to December 22, 1995, with reruns airing until October 4, 1996.

text: Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (1996 video game) Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (sometimes referred to as Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? v3.0) is a 1996 video game part of the "Carmen Sandiego" franchise. It was the third version of the game, after the 1985 title of the same name and a 1992 Deluxe version of said game. The game was released on the heels of the end of the PBS game show in 1996, and features hundreds of QuickTime videos of Lynne Thigpen reprising her role as "The Chief". This was the last

title: Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (1985 video game)

text: feature dialogue spoken aloud, although most information still appears in written form and the dialogue of bystanders is not spoken but rather contained in speech balloons. The conception of the game began in 1983, though it did not start off as an educational game. Broderbund programmer Dane Bigham had played the text adventure game "Colossal Cave Adventure", but found that players would struggle in trying to find the correct synonyms to use for the commands programmed into the game, a limitation of computational power at that time. With the Apple II home computer gaining popularity, Bigham believed he could write

text: Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (1985 video game) Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? is an educational video game released by Broderbund in 1985. It is the first product in the "Carmen Sandiego" franchise. The game was distributed with "The World Almanac and Book of Facts", published by Pharos Books. An enhanced version of the game was released in 1989, which did not have the almanac copy protection but disk based copy protection. A deluxe version was released in 1992, and featured additional animation and a reworked interface from the original version. Some of the bonus features

text: A review of the 1992 version of Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? by Gary Hartley for HonestGamers concluded by saying: "For the most part, this is a good game. It has its share of flaws, but you should find it above average overall". Hartley gave the game a score of 6/10 (Good). Carole Stewart McDonnell for the website Guide2Games gave a positive review for the 1992 version of the game Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?, saying "this is a fun way of learning world geography". The game was given a Christian Rating of 5/5 (nothing offensive),

title: English language in Europe

text: time of William Shakespeare. Some scholars divide early Modern English and late Modern English at around 1800, in concert with British conquest of much of the rest of the world, as the influence of native languages affected English enormously. English belongs to the western sub-branch of the Germanic branch of the Indo-European family of languages. The closest undoubted living relatives of English are Scots and the Frisian languages. West Frisian language is spoken by approximately half a million people in the Dutch province of Friesland (Fryslân). Saterland Frisian language is spoken in nearby areas of Germany. North Frisian language is

title: Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (2011 video game)

text: rating of 5/5 stars, arguing that the game is "essentially the same game as its PC counterpart", as opposed to its Oregon Trail counterpart which "resulted in a highly commercial and arguably less fun experience". It adds that "cases seem to be randomly generated and there are more than a dozen suspects, so replay value is very good". The site advises that the game is for ages 13 and up. Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (2011 video game) Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? was a Learning Company Facebook puzzle game released in 2011. It was an

text: a Gameplay rating of 5/5 (excellent), a Violence rating of 5/5 (none) and an Adult Content rating of 4/5 (barely present). This is a list of the thirty locations visited in the game, organized in alphabetical order by country. Note that cities are identified as they were in the game and that they are followed by the country that the city would have been located in at the time the game was produced. Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (1985 video game) Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? is an educational video game released by Broderbund in 1985.

text: & Co.: Do It A Capella show and felt their sound could appeal to a young audience. The group were surprised by their success due to believing their target market were 20-40s as it had previously been. The group become unexpectedly popular in Japan. In November 1992, the group capitalised on their success by releasing Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? - The Album. Fans were able to get a preview of the album at a concert in Scera Shell. The content matches the Carmen Sandiego educational slant like Capital which lists every capital in the US. However, they

text: Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (2011 video game) Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? was a Learning Company Facebook puzzle game released in 2011. It was an adaption of the 80's and 90's Carmen Sandiego games of the same title. The game, which was released along with another "blast from the past" The Oregon Trail, was developed by Blue Fang Games and released by The Learning Company. This version, a remake of the first Carmen Sandiego game, was announced via a trailer on YouTube and was released on the social network site Facebook on February 9, 2011.

text: (for example in the typology of adverbials) – the grammatical framework and concepts from ComGEL, which is also corroborated by the fact that one of LGSWE's authors, Geoffrey Leech, is also a co-author of ComGEL. Longman Grammar of Spoken and Written English represents a large-scale corpus-based grammar focussing in its grammatical description of English mainly on "functional interpretation of the quantitative findings" (p. 41). These interpretations and findings are presented consistently throughout the book, with an emphasis on four major registers (functional styles), "conversation", "fiction", "news", and "academic prose", occasionally supplemented by examples from two supplementary registers: "general prose" (non-fiction)

title: Rhoticity in English

text: among South and East Asians speak non-rhotic. A typical teenager's Southeast Asian English would be rhotic, mainly because of prominent influence by American English. Spoken English in Myanmar is non-rhotic, but there are a number of English speakers with a rhotic or partially rhotic pronunciation. Sri Lankan English may be rhotic. The English spoken in most of Africa is based on RP and is generally non-rhotic. Pronunciation and variation in African English accents are largely affected by native African language influences, level of education and exposure to Western influences. The English accents spoken in the coastal areas of West Africa

text: if she is simply a bad person. Whatever were Carmen's true motivations remain a mystery. The game is divided into seven missions. The goal of each missions is to recover one item of the stolen artefacts, which Carmen has hidden in a puzzle somewhere in the world. The user can only unlock this puzzle by collecting items or clues from other countries, often having to solve other puzzles first. A database can be used to find out where a place is and where an item can be found. At the end of each case, the item is found and it

title: English language

text: written English and jointly influence speech norms of English around the world. English does not belong to just one country, and it does not belong solely to descendants of English settlers. English is an official language of countries populated by few descendants of native speakers of English. It has also become by far the most important language of international communication when people who share no native language meet anywhere in the world. Braj Kachru distinguishes countries where English is spoken with a three circles model. In his model, the "inner circle" countries are countries with large communities of native speakers

text: difficult to decide upon the worst aspect of Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? 3. The obvious indifference with which it's been slapped together? The frustrating, poorly devised puzzles? The fact that even though it does little more than slide 2D pictures across the screen, it still manages to introduce a game-stopping bug?". The game was given a score of 2½/10, adding "tired, uninspired and buggy. Wherever Carmen is, let's hope she stays there". Deyel Dalziel-Charlier gave a negative review for the Nintendo DS version of Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? on 29 January 2010 for Cnet.

title: English in the Commonwealth of Nations

text: English-based Creole varieties spoken, but they are not one and the same. There is a great deal of variation in the way English is spoken, with a "Standard English" at one end of a bipolar linguistic continuum and Creole languages at the other. These dialects have roots in 17th-century English and African languages; unlike most native varieties of English, West Indian dialects often tend to be syllable-timed rather than stress-timed. Second language varieties of English in Africa and Asia have often undergone "indigenisation"; that is, each English-speaking community has developed (or is in the process of developing) its own standards

text: was accurate as of the date this program was recorded", with the recording date listed in the copyright info at the end. All of the music on the series (including assorted short stings and stagers) was arranged and performed by Rockapella. The theme song played in full over the animated end credits as the studio audience danced to the music on the map, and in later episodes the audience would join in singing along. The main theme song was written by Sean Altman and David Yazbek, and appears on the 1992 soundtrack album "Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?"

text: the idea of combining the Carmen Sandiego format with an orchestra concert". The Spokesman noted "The blend of “Carmen Sandiego” with symphony music fits seamlessly into the formula devised by Stefan Kozinski in 1981." Gary Sheldon "came up with the idea of combining the Carmen Sandiego format with an orchestra concert", a couple of years before 1999. From that point until 1999, he came up with 3 different shows for his "Where in the World of Music Is Carmen Sandiego?" series. His shows "require some audience participation". In 1995, The Lancaster Festival Orchestra performed one of the concerts entitled "The

text: 1995, over 4 million copies of the game had been sold, and established the "Carmen Sandiego" franchise. The game was later adapted into a PBS game show that ran from 1991 to 1996. This game is not to be confused with the 1996 rebooted version sometimes mistakenly called the "Deluxe" version. The goal of the game is to track down Carmen Sandiego's villains around the world, arrest them and later capture Carmen herself. The player begins the game by first going to the country where the crime took place and then obtaining hints from various sources on where the thief

title: Brunei English

text: on verbs, seem to be similar to the ways English is used as a lingua franca around the world. Furthermore, the avoidance of vowel reduction in unstressed syllables is consistent with the way English is spoken elsewhere in South-East Asia. So Brunei English may be contributing to the ways that English is evolving around the world today. Brunei English Brunei English is a regional dialect of English that is widely spoken in Brunei Darussalam, even though the national language is Malay. Although the lingua franca in the country is generally the local dialect of Malay, all educated people are proficient

title: Where Is the Love?

text: release, the song re-entered the official UK singles charts at 40, eventually peaking at 35. The music video for "Where Is the Love?" was shot in East Los Angeles and features The Black Eyed Peas and various other people, including various young children, asking the world where the love really is. In the video, will.i.am and Taboo act as a soul music road duo who use music to tell people what is wrong with the world, Fergie appears as a peacemaker who places stickers with question marks on them all over the place to ask people where the love is

title: Where the Power Is

text: Where the Power Is Where the Power Is is the fifth and most recent album by the English psychedelic rock band Poisoned Electrick Head, and their first following major line-up changes and an eight-year hiatus spanning the late 1990s and early 2000s. According to the band, the 13-track album is the first in a planned CD quadrology "bringing to light the rise & transformation of The Jedder, a multi-faceted conundrum of a man who finds the reason and purpose of his own existence hard to swallow,yet cant run from himself any longer." "Where the Power Is" features guest appearance from

title: English language

text: 1.1 billion spoke it as a secondary language. English is probably the third largest language by number of native speakers, after Mandarin and Spanish. However, when combining native and non-native speakers it may, depending on the estimate used, be the most commonly spoken language in the world. English is spoken by communities on every continent and on oceanic islands in all the major oceans. The countries in which English is spoken can be grouped into different categories by how English is used in each country. The "inner circle" countries with many native speakers of English share an international standard of

title: Geographical distribution of English speakers

text: L2. Geographical distribution of English speakers The article provides details and data regarding the geographical distribution of all English speakers, regardless of the legislative status of the countries where it's spoken. The English language is one of the most widely spoken languages of the world, and it's widely used in the international communication as lingua franca. Many international organizations use English as their official language. This table depicts the native speakers of the language, which means that the table includes people who have been exposed to the English language from birth and, thus, excludes people who use the language as

text: Geographical distribution of English speakers The article provides details and data regarding the geographical distribution of all English speakers, regardless of the legislative status of the countries where it's spoken. The English language is one of the most widely spoken languages of the world, and it's widely used in the international communication as lingua franca. Many international organizations use English as their official language. This table depicts the native speakers of the language, which means that the table includes people who have been exposed to the English language from birth and, thus, excludes people who use the language as a

title: Concise Dictionary of Spoken Chinese

text: most of the definitions, added pronunciations from regional varieties of Chinese, and wrote the front matter and the appendices (1947: vii). Chao and Yang finished compiling their "Concise Dictionary of Spoken Chinese" in 1945, the same year when the War Department published the anonymous "Dictionary of Spoken Chinese: Chinese-English, English-Chinese". Although the 847-page "Dictionary of Spoken Chinese" is large, it contains relatively few lexical items, approximately 2,500 English-Chinese head entries in 500 pages and 5,000 Chinese-English ones in 300 pages (1945: 1). The Chinese-English section's head entries are not single characters, as in traditional Chinese dictionaries, but monosyllabic and polysyllabic

title: World Peace Is None of Your Business (song)

text: Pitchfork Media staff writer Evan Minsker. The accompanying music video, directed by Natalie Johns, was also released on 13 May 2014. It features Morrissey performing the spoken word rendition of the song over a "jazzy piano backing." Nancy Sinatra also makes a cameo appearance in the video. The spoken word rendition of the song was compared to Radiohead track "Fitter Happier" from "OK Computer" (1997) and the "Choose Life" monologue in the film, "Trainspotting" (1996). World Peace Is None of Your Business (song) "World Peace Is None of Your Business" is a song by English singer Morrissey. It was released

text: how many kids' computer games can you say that about?" Lisa Karen Savignano of Allgame said "Where in the USA is Carmen Sandiego represents a huge leap forward in the Carmen Sandiego series. Unlike the earlier versions of the game, which were mostly text-based, this new version is presented in more of a graphical format" and gave the game 4 out of 5 stars. "Cognitive Remediation for Psychological Disorders: Therapist Guide" says that in regard to problem solving, deductive reasoning, inductive reasoning, attention to detail, and visual/auditory memory, World is harder than the 1996 U.S.A game. However, it also says

title: Variation in Australian English

text: from forms close to Standard Australian English to more non-standard forms. There are distinctive features of accent, grammar, words and meanings, as well as language use. The dialect is not to be confused with Australian Kriol language, which is not mutually intelligible with Australian English but in fact a separate language spoken by over 30,000 people. On the Torres Strait Islands, a distinctive dialect known as Torres Strait English, the furthest extent of which is Torres Strait Creole, is spoken. The ethnocultural dialects are diverse accents in Australian English that are spoken by the minority groups, which are of non-English

title: International Corpus of English

text: International Corpus of English The International Corpus of English (ICE) is a set of corpora representing varieties of English from around the world. Over twenty countries or groups of countries where English is the first language or an official second language are included. Sidney Greenbaum's goal to compile corpora that would compare the syntax of world English became the ICE project that was achieved by Professor Charles F. Meyer. Sidney Greenbaum anticipated for international teams of researchers to collect comparable national variations of English both written and spoken. Comparable variations would be British English, American English, and Indian English, that

title: Where East Is East

text: Where East Is East Where East Is East is a 1929 American silent drama film starring Lon Chaney as an animal trapper in Laos. The motion picture is Chaney's penultimate silent film and the last of his collaborations with director Tod Browning. While this film is essentially a silent film in form, with intertitles and no spoken dialogue, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer released it with a Movietone soundtrack of effects and music. Tiger Haynes traps wild animals for a living, and bears the scars of his dangerous occupation on his face. He cares for only one thing in life: his beloved daughter, Toyo.

text: digital map of Atlantis, it turns out that Carmen Sandiego had been intercepting ACME communications and planned this entire mission. Carmen Sandiego steals the map and heads to South America. The gameplay consists of point and click elements. To progress the player must choose dialogue options during conversations, solve puzzles, make use of the digital handheld ACME computer and select a travel destination on the world map until a case is solved. When a case is solved the player gains a higher ACME rank. A review of Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? 3 at PALGN was negative: "It's

title: Where East Is East

text: of his wounds, Tiger watches the young couple get married by the Padre. Where East Is East Where East Is East is a 1929 American silent drama film starring Lon Chaney as an animal trapper in Laos. The motion picture is Chaney's penultimate silent film and the last of his collaborations with director Tod Browning. While this film is essentially a silent film in form, with intertitles and no spoken dialogue, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer released it with a Movietone soundtrack of effects and music. Tiger Haynes traps wild animals for a living, and bears the scars of his dangerous occupation on his

title: Where the Power Is

text: the band's former keyboard player/occasional vocalist Brian Carney and by Arthur Brown, the latter of whom plays the role of narrator of the album's events and who "unfolds the tale as an objective observer but very soon gets to understand the plight of The Jedder and so begins to feel pity for and realises the need to assist The Jedder with his dilemma." with Where the Power Is Where the Power Is is the fifth and most recent album by the English psychedelic rock band Poisoned Electrick Head, and their first following major line-up changes and an eight-year hiatus spanning

title: Japanese: The Spoken Language

text: has some support in Japanese scholarship, though traditionally these words are referred to as ""na"-adjectives" or "adjectival nouns". Similarly, the gender differences in spoken Japanese are referred to as blunt/gentle, rather than male/female. Another example of grammatically correct but non-standard pedagogical choices is that Japanese adjectives are translated not to English adjectives, but to English "predicates," as this is how they function grammatically in Japanese when not preceding a noun. For example, 小さい ("chiisai") is translated as ""is" small", rather than simply "small". (For adjectives preceding a noun, this choice of translation would naturally be inaccurate.) The book is written

title: Where Is the Love?

text: and police officials (Dallas Police Chief David O. Brown, Officer Miguel Salcedo) and more appear in the video. Credits adapted from the official press release. The Black Eyed Peas also released a bilingual Spanish/English version of "Where's the Love?", titled "Dónde Está El Amor?" crediting The Black Eyed Peas featuring El Mundo. The version was premiered on November 7, 2016, during Premios de la Radio. The music video premiered days later, featuring a roster of Latin stars including Gerardo Ortiz, Milkman, Pepe Aguilar, Becky G, Fey, Paulina Rubio, Luis Coronel and many others. Where Is the Love? "Where Is the

text: and will lose some time recovering if hit. "Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? Deluxe", on CD-ROM, adds digitized photographs from the National Geographic Society and music from Smithsonian/Folkways. Each location contains three sources of clues: The user can question a bystander, search the area, or call "Crime Net". Bystanders and "Crime Net" provide clues as to the suspect's location and, on occasion, additionally state something about the suspect. Searching an area along the perpetrator's path turns up an object that provides a clue as to the suspect's location. The Deluxe edition is the first in the series to

text: the "World Almanac", as Carlston had plans to ship the game with the "Almanac" with it. Siefkin wrote an early script for the game beside the swimming pool in Strawberry Canyon on the campus of the University of California at Berkeley. Siefkin was also inspired by "Colossal Cave Adventure", transforming the cavern into a map of the world, where the rooms of the cavern become countries with real treasures, and the clues were based on the languages, culture, and geography of those countries that they could get from the "Almanac". In the initial script, the game would select a random

title: Where Love Is, God Is

text: Where Love Is, God Is "Where Love Is, God Is" (sometimes also translated as "Where Love Is, There God Is Also" or "Martin the Cobbler") is a short story by Russian author Leo Tolstoy. The title references the Catholic hymn Ubi Caritas. One English translation of this short story as translated by Nathan Haskell Dole uses the alternate title translation of "Where Love Is, There God Is Also". It was published in the United States under Crowell Company's "Worth While Booklet" Series. It was written in 1885. "Where Love Is, God Is" is a short story about a shoemaker named

text: Broderbund to work with Douglas E. Smith during that summer. When he returned to Broderbund, he was surprised that "Carmen" was popular from a market area they did not anticipate, that being from an educational standpoint, becoming a core piece of software in many schools. "Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego" was Broderbund's third best-selling Commodore game as of late 1987. Sales surpassed 250,000 copies by November 1989, more than two million by 1991, and more than four million by 1995. In 2003, "Computers and Education" wrote that "Carmen Sandiego" was "by far the best-selling educational software in North

text: the original game manual as "An agent, double agent, triple agent, and quadruple agent in so many countries that even "she" has forgotten which one she's working for." Carlston also liked the name as they could design a female character for it, allowing young women to be able to connect with the game, as well as not having to worry about her backstory of why she became a crook. The name also lended well to the title "Where In the World Is Carmen Sandiego?" as it succinctly informed the player of the game's goal. With this, they fleshed out two

text: described it as a "fast paced detective chase". The Los Angeles Times said "[Carmen Sandiego's] creators at Broderbund have remade her bigger and badder than ever in a terrific new CD-ROM release of "Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? Deluxe Edition", and gave the gave a rating of 5 out of 5 stars. The game was given a press score of 6.3 off IGN, and a Reader Review Average of 8.0, a GameFAQs Rating Average of 8.5, and a GameRankings Average of 6.2 off the website GameFAQs. Nintendo Power gave the game a rating of 3.075 out of 5.

title: The World Is Stone

text: Alone", which was also featured on this soundtrack. Although this single was not released in U.S., it was a hit in several countries (number 15 in UK) but especially in France where it climbed to number two, stayed for three months in the top five and totaled 31 weeks in the top 50. Source The World Is Stone "The World Is Stone" is a single by American singer, Cyndi Lauper. This is the English version of the French song "Le Monde est stone" (1978), which was part of the "Starmania" musical and has been most notably associated with Fabienne Thibeault,

text: criminals" remains the same as the original version. Upgraded features include: "guided tours of various locales and beautifully painted 360-degree panoramas". The game uses "geopolitical maps from National Geographic for more than 50 countries". The searchable database within the game contains: "video clips; essays on each area's economics, politics and culture; maps; and photographs. According to the BOX: TOP SOFTWARE CALENDAR YEAR, Where In The World is Carmen Sandiego was the second best-selling title of 1996 after Disney's Toy Story Animated Storybook. On the upgrades made to this reboot, Broderbund Executive Publisher Ken Goldstein commented: "For years, children, families and

title: Survey of English Usage

text: of co-workers in Lund, Sweden, to computerise the corpus. Thirty-four of the spoken texts were published in book form as Svartvik and Quirk (1980), and the corpus was used as the basis for the famous "Comprehensive Grammar" (Quirk "et al." 1985). In 1988 Sidney Greenbaum proposed a new project, ICE, the International Corpus of English. ICE was to be an international project, carried out at research centres around the world, to compile corpora of English varieties where English was the first or second official language. ICE texts would contain spoken and written English in a balanced sample of one million

title: Cajun English

text: Cajun English Cajun English, or Cajun Vernacular English, is the dialect of English spoken by Cajuns living in southern Louisiana Cajun English is significantly influenced by Cajun French, the historical language of the Cajun people, who descended from Acadian settlers and others. It is derived from Acadian French and is on the list of dialects of the English language for North America. This differed markedly from Metropolitan or Parisian French in terms of pronunciation and vocabulary, particularly because of the long isolation of Acadians, and even more so of Cajuns, from the Francophone world. English is now spoken by the

title: English language in Europe

text: although the use of Italian by nationalists was more out of cultural affinities with Italy than any sympathy with Italian Fascism. With the outbreak of World War II, the Maltese lost their sense of fraternity with the Italian world, and there was a decline in Italian spoken in Malta. English remains an official language in Malta, but since independence in 1964, the country's cultural and commercial links with Italy have strengthened, owing to proximity. Italian television is widely received in Malta and is highly popular. There are also pockets of native English speakers to be found throughout Europe, such as

title: Where in Europe Is Carmen Sandiego?

text: Where in Europe Is Carmen Sandiego? Where in Europe Is Carmen Sandiego? is a 1988 European geography-based educational video game in the detective mystery franchise "Carmen Sandiego". It was originally published by Broderbund in 1988 for Apple I , Commodore 64 and MS-DOS , and ported to the Apple IIGS , Amiga and Macintosh in 1989. It is the third "Carmen Sandiego" title, after world-based "Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?" (1985) and US-based "Where in the USA Is Carmen Sandiego?" (1986). Under the guidance of The Acme Agency's chief, the player completes cases to catch Carmen's henchmen; they

title: British English

text: uniform concept of British English is more difficult to apply to the spoken language. According to Tom McArthur in the "Oxford Guide to World English", British English shares "all the ambiguities and tensions in the word 'British' and as a result can be used and interpreted in two ways, more broadly or more narrowly, within a range of blurring and ambiguity". When distinguished from American English, the term "British English" is sometimes used broadly as a synonym for the various varieties of English spoken in some member states of the Commonwealth of Nations. English is a West Germanic language that

title: Spoken word

text: in the world, now held each year in different cities across the United States. The popularity of slam poetry has resulted in slam poetry competitions being held across the world. Spoken-word poetry is typically more than a hobby or expression of talent. This art form is often used to convey important or controversial messages to society. Such messages often include topics such as: racial inequality, sexual assault and/or rape culture, anti-bullying messages, body positive campaigns, and LGBTQ topics among other things. Slam poetry competitions often feature loud and radical poems that display both intense content and sound. Spoken-word poetry is

title: Malaysian English

text: from more "correct" forms of Malaysian English. It exists in a wide variety of forms and primarily as a spoken form of English. It is the most common form of spoken English on the street, but it is discouraged in schools, where only Malaysian Standard English is taught. Its lexis is strongly influenced by local languages, with many non-English nouns and verbs commonly used, and it is significantly different grammatically from Standard English. There are colloquialisms in English that are not common outside of Malaysia, which are also used colloquially as substitutes in other languages in Malaysia. In Manglish, Malay

title: Variation in Australian English

text: in the days of early settlement, and now exists only in rural areas of the Northern Territory. Three main varieties of Australian English are spoken according to linguists: "broad", "general" and "cultivated". They are part of a continuum, reflecting variations in accent. They can, but do not always, reflect the social class, education and urban or rural background of the speaker. Broad Australian English is recognisable and familiar to English speakers around the world. It is prevalent nationwide but is especially common in rural areas. Examples of people with this accent are Steve Irwin, Julia Gillard and Paul Hogan. In

title: English language in Northern England

text: to repress Northern speech characteristics in professional environments, although in recent years Northern English speakers have been in demand for call centres, where Northern stereotypes of honesty and straightforwardness are seen as a plus. Northern English is one of the major groupings of England English dialects; other major groupings include East Anglian English, East and West Midlands English, West Country (Somerset, Dorset, Devon, Cornwall) and Southern English English. The varieties of English spoken across Great Britain form a dialect continuum, and there is no universally agreed definition of which varieties are Northern. The most restrictive definition of the linguistic North

title: Old English

text: settlements where Old Norse was spoken. Celtic speech also remained established in certain parts of England: Medieval Cornish was spoken all over Cornwall and in adjacent parts of Devon, while Cumbric survived perhaps to the 12th century in parts of Cumbria, and Welsh may have been spoken on the English side of the Anglo-Welsh border. Norse was also widely spoken in the parts of England which fell under Danish law. Anglo-Saxon literacy developed after Christianisation in the late 7th century. The oldest surviving text of Old English literature is "Cædmon's Hymn", composed between 658 and 680. There is a limited

title: Concise Dictionary of Spoken Chinese

text: words, which are alphabetically collated using a newly devised system for romanizing Chinese (which became the prototype for Yale romanization). "This represents a radical departure from all earlier Chinese-English dictionaries, which were primarily dictionaries of Chinese characters ("hànzi") and not of the spoken language as such" (Norman 1988: 175). Although the Chinese-English section gives characters for head entries, they are treated as secondary. The "Dictionary of Spoken Chinese" records authentic colloquial pronunciation, and its chief function is to show a user how to employ the entries in spoken Chinese—in contrast, the chief function of previous bilingual dictionaries is to enable

title: Survey of English Usage

text: of English, many researchers are interested in language development and change over time. A recent project at the Survey undertook the parsing of a large (400,000 word) selection of the spoken part of the LLC in a manner directly comparable with ICE-GB, forming a new, 800,000 word diachronic corpus, called the Diachronic Corpus of Present-Day Spoken English (DCPSE). DCPSE has now been released and is available on CD from the Survey. These two corpora comprise the largest collection of parsed and corrected, orthographically transcribed spoken English language data in the world, with over one million words of spoken English in

title: Caribbean English

text: in formal or semi-formal discourse approaches the internationally understood variety of Standard English, but with an Afro-Caribbean cadence. Standard English: "Where is that boy?" The written form of the English language in the former and current British controlled Caribbean countries conforms to the spelling and grammar styles of Britain. Caribbean English Caribbean English dialects of the English language are spoken in the Caribbean and Liberia, most countries on the Caribbean coast of Central America, and Guyana and Suriname on the coast of South America. Caribbean English is influenced by the English-based Creole varieties spoken in the region, but they are

title: Where in the World Is Osama bin Laden?

text: contains short interviews with many people about Bin Laden and Islamic fundamentalism, and about the United States and its war on terror. Supposedly, Spurlock searches for Bin Laden, and he even asks people at random in the street where he is. The film is intercut with images of Spurlock's wife in the late stages of her pregnancy. Much of Spurlock's commentary is based on the concerns of a new father. Spurlock visits Morocco, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Israel, Afghanistan, and Pakistan. In Afghanistan, guarded by about 21 Afghan soldiers, he visits Tora Bora. A local government official is shown who

title: Language Spoken at Home

text: Language Spoken at Home Language Spoken at Home is a data set published by the United States Census Bureau on languages in the United States. It is based on a three-part language question asked about all household members who are five years old or older. The first part asks if the person speaks a language other than English at home. If the answer is 'yes,' the respondent is asked what that language is. The third part of the question asks how well the person speaks English ("Very well,' "Well," "not well," "Not at all"). The three-part question was first asked

text: Whilst he enjoyed the bright clean graphics and the "occasional fun moments", he did not like the lack of challenge, the repetitive gameplay, the static visuals, and the sexual innuendo in a game aimed at children. He concluded his analysis by saying: ""Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?" is a frustrating game because while nothing is actually bad (though a few elements do come close) the whole package feels overwhelmingly mediocre. While it isn't really terrible, it's unimaginative, dull and unsatisfying". He rated the game 4 out of 10. A review for the game at Impulse Gamer was more

title: Language Spoken at Home

text: Voting Rights Act and to allocate funds for to schools for programs for English Language Learners. Federal and local governments, as well as non-governmental and private interests also use these statistics. Language Spoken at Home Language Spoken at Home is a data set published by the United States Census Bureau on languages in the United States. It is based on a three-part language question asked about all household members who are five years old or older. The first part asks if the person speaks a language other than English at home. If the answer is 'yes,' the respondent is asked

title: Cardiff English

text: Cardiff English The Cardiff accent, also known as Cardiff English, is the regional accent of English, and a variety of Welsh English, as spoken in and around the city of Cardiff, and is somewhat distinctive in Wales, compared with other Welsh accents. Its pitch is described as somewhat lower than that of Received Pronunciation, whereas its intonation is closer to dialects of England rather than Wales. It is estimated that around 500,000 people speak Cardiff English. The accent is generally limited to inside the city's northern boundary, rather than extending to the nearby South Wales Valleys where the spoken variety

title: English Language Proficiency Test

text: of spoken and written standard American English and the ability to function in a classroom where English is spoken. The test was intended for students whose best language was not English; who attend U.S. high schools, or who had studied in an international school where courses were taught in English; had completed two to four years of English language instruction in an English as a Second Language program or in English enrichment courses; and/or students who spoke a language other than English at home or work. It was scored on a scale of 901 to 999 English Language Proficiency Testing

text: include: "digitized photos from National Geographic, over 3200 clues, music from the Smithsonian/Folkways Recordings, 20 villains, 60 countries, and 16 maps". CD-ROM versions for MS-DOS and Macintosh were released in 1992, and a Windows version was released in 1994. In the game, the player takes the role of a rookie in the ACME Detective Agency, tasked to track down crooks from the V.I.L.E. organization that have stolen famous works from around the world. They do this by using their knowledge of geography (aided by the "Almanac") to question witnesses or investigate clues to track down where the crook has gone.

title: Variation in Australian English

text: Variation in Australian English Australian English is relatively homogeneous when compared with British and American English. The major varieties of Australian English are sociocultural rather than regional, being general, broad and cultivated Australian. There exist a number of Australian English-based creole languages. Differing significantly from English, these are not considered dialects of English; rather, they are considered separate languages. Notable examples are Torres Strait Creole, spoken on the Torres Strait Islands, Northern Cape York and South-Western Coastal Papua; the Norfuk language, spoken by some inhabitants of Norfolk Island, and Australian Kriol language, which developed in and around the Sydney region