English Channel latter part of the 19th century when Captain Matthew Webb made the first observed and unassisted swim across the Strait of Dover, swimming from England to France on 24–25 August 1875 in 21 hours 45 minutes. In 1927, at a time when fewer than ten swimmers (including the first woman, Gertrude Ederle in 1926) had managed to emulate the feat and many dubious claims were being made, the Channel Swimming Association (CSA) was founded to authenticate and ratify swimmers' claims to have swum the Channel and to verify crossing times. The CSA was dissolved in 1999 and was succeeded by
Channel Island English Channel Island English Channel Island English refers to Alderney English, Guernsey English and Jersey English and similar dialects of English found in the other Channel Islands. Alderney English is the variety of English spoken by some residents of Alderney. In technical terms it is difficult to identify it as a separate dialect - due to Alderney's small size and proportionately large turnover of immigration and emigration (particularly to/from Guernsey, with which it is closely associated at a governmental level) and the UK, very many people speak the English of their place of origin, while many people who have been educated