Carole and Michael Blackwell) of The Seventeenth Child provides a written record of spoken dialect, though in this case of a person brought up inside the city of Norwich. Ethel George was born in 1914, and in 2006 provided the Blackwells with extensive tape-recorded recollections of her childhood as the seventeenth offspring of a relatively poor Norwich family. Carole Blackwell has reproduced a highly literal written rendering of this. An erudite and comprehensive study of the dialect, by Norfolk native and professor of sociolinguistics Peter Trudgill can be found in his book The Norfolk Dialect (2003), published as part of the 'Norfolk Origins' series by Poppyland Publishing, Cromer. Notable speakers Horatio Nelson (1758–1805) – "I am a Norfolk man, and glory in being so"; also said to Captain Hardy "Do you anchor" (an order, not a question, in the Dialect)Martin Robson A History of the Royal Navy: Napoleonic Wars p34 Bernard Matthews (1930–2010) – turkey tycoon Writers and entertainers Maurice Wood (1916–2007) – Bishop of Norwich, recorded the gospel in Norfolk dialect Sidney Grapes (1887–1958) – author of The Boy John Letters'' The Nimmo Twins – comedy duo Singing Postman – aka Allan Smethurst (1927–2000) Keith Skipper – former Norfolk broadcaster and dialect expert Peter Trudgill (b. 1943) – professor of sociolinguistics, author of several books on the Norfolk dialect and currently honorary professor of sociolinguistics at the University of East Anglia The Kipper Family – exponents of comedy folk, whose traditions are being kept barely alive by Sid Kipper Ted Snelling – Norfolk dialect expert and narrator of his audio book "Grandfather's Norwich" Sam Larner (1878–1965) – fisherman and traditional singer Harry Cox (1885–1971) – farmworker and traditional singer See also List of dialects of the English language References Bibliography External links Sounds Familiar?Listen to examples of regional accents and dialects from across the UK on the British Library's 'Sounds Familiar' website East Anglian English, Oxford English Dictionary East Anglian Dialect Poetry, by "Anon", 2006 British English East Anglia