Speak for Yersel Northern Ireland
@SFY_NI
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Mapping linguistic variation across Northern Ireland! To find out more, head to: https://t.co/JAubZjpbbo
Joined October 2024
Check out this lovely article about Speak for Yersel from the BBC! We're pure buzzin' over it: .
bbc.co.uk
The project untangling Northern Ireland's cracker, beezer and class linguistic heritage.
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If you didn't catch us live on BBC Radio Ulster's programme Your Place and Mine this morning, you can listen now on BBC Sounds!.
🗣 You, youse or ye? 🗣. This week on Your Place And Mine Karen Corrigan, Professor of Linguistics and English Language at Newcastle University tells @mcaleese_anne about the @SFY_NI online survey. Saturday from 8am and on @BBCSounds 🎧
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RT @bbcradioulster: 🗣 You, youse or ye? 🗣. This week on Your Place And Mine Karen Corrigan, Professor of Linguistics and English Language a….
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But in some varieties of English, 'The dog needs fed' would sound strange, and people would say 'The dog needs to be fed' or 'The dog needs feeding' instead. (2/2). How would YOU say it? Let us know here: .
speakforyersel.ac.uk
Speak for Yersel maps the different words, sounds and sentences used throughout Northern Ireland, but we need YOU to do this. Take the survey now.
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The results are clear: people all over NI would say a sentence like 'The dog needs fed'. This sentence may sound so normal to you, you don't realise that it's a Northern Irish way of talking. (1/2)
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Do you pronounce the vowel in goose the same as the vowel in book, or different. ?. Don't be a silly goose, let us know how you say them by taking the "Sounds About Right" survey on the Speak for Yersel site!.
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RT @IrishEnglishNet: Fascinating new project here. Please share for much-needed distraction today!.
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RT @HaSSFacultyNCL: 'Speak for Yersel' is a project aiming to create a digital snapshot of how language is used on the island of Ireland. @….
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Maybe that joke would work better in NI, where most of the participants (so far) say whales and Wales the same. Let us know how you say whales and Wales here: #NorthernIreland #NI #linguistics #whales #Wales
How do you get two whales/to Wales in a mini? You drive there! (Yeah, that doesn't really work written down now does it. ?). But do you pronounce Wales and whales the same way? The jury seems split on this one so far!
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Ah, done with work for the week!. Now, should I go home and watch a film. or a filum?. Tell us how you say 'film' here: #NorthernIreland #NI #linguistics #film #filum
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Did you know that in many varieties of English, this would be said as ‘there weren’t that many THAT/WHO/WHICH came to the door’?. Did you know that you can tell us what you think about these types of sentences on Speak for Yersel Northern Ireland? . Now you do!
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Heard on Good Morning Ulster (@bbcradioulster) today:.‘Despite the fact that you provided such lovely weather for trick-or-treaters, there weren’t that many came to the door’ – Joel Taggart @TaggartJoel.
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Who all went out to a Halloween celebration last night? 🎃🎇. (And who all knew that not every English speaker would start a question with 'who all'?). Would you say 'Who all did you see?' .What about 'Who did you see all?'. Let us know here:
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If you play a trick on someone, are you being bold or naughty?. Let us know what YOU say! . #NorthernIreland #linguistics #Halloween
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RT @thevariationist: I realise I'm likely to be ghosted here but Speak for Yersel is expanding! Woo(oooo)! So if you're from Scotland, Ir….
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It's almost time for the little ones to go trick-or-treating! . But what do you call the little ones? Weans? Bairns? Children? Kids?. Tell us here:
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