Let’s face it, the virtual classroom isn’t the best environment for international students to get to grips with linguistic diversity, says Andrew Mackenzie With more than 37 dialects spoken across its ...
Although some rural dialects are dying out, some words remain. Regional dialects in the UK are holding their own in spite of fears the South East accent, or Estuary English is taking over, a BBC ...
A Microsoft project to create downloadable dictionaries to reflect the UK’s rich local dialect heritage is drawing to a close. Users around the UK have been asked to submit their favourite regional ...
Age-old regional dialects from around the country are undergoing a resurgence and spreading like wildfire thanks to the likes of Twitter and Facebook. Language experts have found the increased speed ...
A Microsoft project to create downloadable dictionaries to reflect the UK's rich local dialect heritage is drawing to a close. Users around the UK have been asked to submit their favourite regional ...
Korean Billy is fast becoming one of the most well-known YouTubers with his handy videos that help people understand the vast number of different UK dialects. And this time, it's the turn of the ...
Your Microsoft Office spell checker might be a little different in future - the software behemoth wants you to send it quirky dialect words to include in its dictionary. Quite why you'd be writing ...
Where we are born not only determines how we speak but also how we taste our food and drink. The taste preferences of the UK's major regions have been analysed by Professor Andy Taylor, an expert in ...
In every language there are phrases that don't translate well. Dialect expert and YouTube star Korean Billy told Business Insider listed some British words people from outside the UK struggle to ...
UK's popular fish and chips meal is doing its bit in preserving the country's regional dialects, experts believe. A poll found that Britons used at least 26 different words for fish and chips and 25 ...