THE BBC has launched ‘the biggest ever survey into how we speak today’ on its ‘Voices’ website. The Northern Ireland part has sections on Irish (under construction), Ulster Scots and speech recordings from around a few local towns, plus recordings in Gammen, the little-known language of Travellers.
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