Tobias Weber, M.Ed., was born in 1987 in Cottbus/Germany. He started his studies at Dresden University of Technology in 2006 and graduated as B.Ed. in 2010 with a first-hand account on Belfast's mural art and its socio-historical importance. After having spent one year abroad as a teaching assistant at Bedford Modern School, he enrolled again at Dresden University for a masters programme with a major in linguistics. His special interest in varieties of the English language worldwide led to this publication. He successfully graduated in 2013.