A survey of English dialects has been launched to look at whether people are still using words like coochy-pawed and ferntickles. Researchers travelled across England in the 1950s asking people about ...

(WXIN/NEXSTAR) — Do you say “pop,” “soda,” or “Coke” when you’re talking about carbonated beverages? Chances are where you live affects how you ask for a soft drink — and that has everything to do ...

Before the Norman Conquest, the majority of what is now Pembrokeshire would have been Welsh speaking. The Landsker line became a cultural and linguistic boundary which divided Pembrokeshire into two.

Poet and playwright Liam Ó Muirthile, who was buried in Baile Bhuirne in the Cork Gaeltacht yesterday, was also an accomplished broadcaster and worked for many years in RTÉ. While working on the Irish ...

The renowned Wiikwemkoong artist, James Simon Mishibinijima, has been speaking Anishinaabemowin his whole life and is aware of the language's different dialects. "If you go a little bit more north, ...

Bermudian English – and parodies of it – was highlighted in a recent panel conversation organised by Oxford English Dictionary. The webinar was led by Rosemary Hall, whose description of Bermudian ...

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