Any regional dialect which has a history of enthusiastic support will have its Web pages now (e.g. Newcastle English – “Geordie”)

At an international level, the “New Englishes” in the world now have a written electronic identity

A much greater frequency of informal written interaction taking place than at any previous stage in the history of the language

This may lead to the consolidation of local group norms of usage

These new nonstandard varieties are likely to achieve a more developed written representation than would ever have been possible before

A whole new range of Internet-mediated regional written standards is the likely outcome