While Bermuda is one of the oldest continuously inhabited British overseas territories with a rich 400-year history, it is also one of the blank spots considering the vast amount of linguistic research that focuses on locales around the globe where English varieties are spoken. Comparatively few (published) studies describe the structure and use of the local variety of English on any linguistic level, be it from a diachronic or synchronic perspective: Bermudian English (BerE) remains one of the most under-researched varieties of English to date (Cutler, Hackert & Seymour 2006:2066). Considering the historical time-depth of the locale as well as the position and role of Bermuda in relation to British overseas endeavors in the wider geographical region, taking a closer look at Bermuda and BerE is in many ways long overdue.
