a contentious issue. Jersey English Jersey English is a dialect of English spoken in Jersey, Channel Islands, the accent of which has been likened to that of South African English. It is influenced by the use of Jèrriais and Jersey Legal French. Influence of Jersey Legal French on Jersey English Jersey English has imported a number of Jersey Legal French titles and terminology. Many of these, in turn, derive from Jèrriais. The following are examples likely to be encountered in daily life and in news reports in Jersey: Pronunciation Vowels Consonants H-drops and intrusive H leading to sentences like: “My mother was very hill and I was the heldest, and I stayed to 'elp my mother.” Ing as or R tends to be uvular in the island of Sark, and trilled throughout the archipelago. Medial yod often appears after an initial voiced consonant such as and are dental and unaspirated. Interference from the Norman Languages caused their intonation and word stress to be different sometimes, like edu'cated, Liver'pool and rail'way. Morphosyntax The Norman Influence is more clearly demonstrable in Channel Island English morphosyntax than in its phonology. Examples of structures used by people in the Channel Islands are: “There's ten years I am a farmer” for “I've been a farmer for ten years.” “Me, I don't want to go” or “I don't want to go, me.” “That's the one, eh?” Eh for “isn't it?”, “aren't they?”, “don't you think?”, or else. “There's two castles there” for “There are two castles there.” “... and the teacher, she was angry, eh.” (use of emphatic personal pronoun.) See also Ebenezer Le Page References Further reading External links Guernesiais today Dialects of English Guernsey culture Jersey culture Languages of the Channel Islands