
Keith Kennetz
Map 1: Dresden means for Correctness Map 2: Bamberg means f
Map 3: Dresden means for
Pleasantness
Both groups expressed a fondness for foreign dialects giving high scores
of pleasantness to Swiss and Austrian cities. In terms of correctness,
eastern German for Bambergers and southern German for Dresdeners
tended to be perceived as incorrect. Hanover definitely appears in each
group’s northern German cloud of correctness, but the Bamberg sample
group actually preferred Bremen and found several northern cities to
speak “correctly”, while the Dresden group found “cor ...