Speak for Yersel Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland dialects: Mapping the spake, slang and slabbers The project untangling Northern Ireland's cracker, beezer and class linguistic heritage.

Check out this lovely article about Speak for Yersel from the BBC! We're pure buzzin' over it:

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Your Place and Mine - Cullyhanna, Pettigo, and 'Speak for Yersel' - BBC Sounds The Living History project exploring the importance of local heritage in South Armagh.

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!

www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

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/ni

#NorthernIreland #NI #Linguistics

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)

Please share far and wide to help us capture as much of the rich variety of language spoken on the island of Ireland as possible! Send the surveys to your aunties, your granny, your friends, neighbours and colleagues - whoever!

There's no right or wrong answers - we're interested in how you actually speak! We hope you'll have fun along the way and discover some little linguistic gems - and maybe a little about how you speak yourself!

When you’re talking to a group of people, would you say ‘you’, ‘youse’, or ‘ye’? Would you ever say ‘I’m pure ragin’’? And do you pronounce ‘meat’ the same as ‘mate’?

Speak For Yersel 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.

We have a few new followers on here, so allow us to reintroduce ourselves:

We are Speak for Yersel (NI), a new citizen science resource for mapping linguistic variation across Northern Ireland!
Check it out here: speakforyersel.ac.uk/ni/

Speak For Yersel Speak for Yersel maps the different words, sounds and sentences used throughout The Republic of Ireland, but we need YOU to do this. Take the survey now.

ooooooh #linguistics alert! the team that did the Scots Syntax Atlas (incredible tool!!!!) is collecting data in Ireland and Wales!! Please share these links around!

ROI: speakforyersel.ac.uk/roi/
NI: speakforyersel.ac.uk/ni/
Wales: speakforyersel.ac.uk/wales/

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: speakforyersel.ac.uk/ni/

#NorthernIreland #NI #linguistics #film #filum

Speak For Yersel 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.

Have your say here: speakforyersel.ac.uk/ni/

#BBCNIreland #GoodMorningUlster #BBCRadioUlster #NorthernIreland #linguistics

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!

Heard on Good Morning Ulster 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

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: speakforyersel.ac.uk/ni

#NorthernIreland #linguistics

If you play a trick on someone, are you being bold or naughty?

Let us know what YOU say!

speakforyersel.ac.uk/ni/

#NorthernIreland #linguistics #Halloween

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: speakforyersel.ac.uk/ni/

Lovely write up from The Herald Scotland about the original Speak for Yersel project and our new expansion to NI, RoI, and Wales

www.heraldscotland.com/news/2468958...

Please share far and wide to help us capture as much of the rich variety of language spoken on the island of Ireland as possible! Send the surveys to your aunties, your granny, your friends, neighbours and colleagues - whoever!

There's no right or wrong answers - we're interested in how you actually speak! We hope you'll have fun along the way and discover some little linguistic gems - and maybe a little about how you speak yourself!

There are three surveys for people who live on the island of Ireland to take: how you pronounce things, what words you use, and how you put these together to make phrases and sentences.

Both will map the diverse varieties heard from Ballycastle in the north to Ballycotton in the south. City-dwellers in Belfast and Dublin in the east can have their say alongside the rural populations of tiny villages like Belleek and Brandon in the west.

These are the kinds of questions asked in Speak for Yersel: Northern Ireland and Speak for Yersel: Republic of Ireland, two brand-new resources which will create a digital snapshot of how English on the island of Ireland and Scots in Ulster are used in the 21st century.

When you’re talking to a group of people, would you say ‘you’, ‘youse’, or ‘ye’? Would you ever say ‘I’m pure ragin’’? And do you pronounce ‘meat’ the same as ‘mate’?

Speak For Yersel 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.

The big day is finally here!
Announcing the launch of Speak for Yersel (NI), a new citizen science resource for mapping linguistic variation across Northern Ireland!

Check it out here: speakforyersel.ac.uk/ni/