ABSTRACT
Additional data are provided with the text as are aids to learning the dialect. For the sake of simplicity, the word “dialect” is used and throughout the rest of the manual in most cases as a covering term, standing for all the groups, except the two standard forms of English. Notes for American and Canadian actors describe in detail the subtle vowel and consonant changes necessary for British speech. Notes for British actors suggests that they adopt, as part of educated American speech, pronunciations like "styoodent","ciddy", "bahx", which are standard for most North Americans. The character notes help the people to decide on which of the dialect examples presented they will base on their assumption of the dialect. The recordings listed include speakers or singers using the dialect. The dialect or accent is given first, then the name of the main characters who use it.
