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Word of Mouth: 3: Words not in Webster's or Walker's

BBC Two
on BBC Two England

A series of six programmes
Introduced by Melvyn Bragg, with comments by Stanley Ellis, one of Britain's leading dialect experts.

The speech of Northumbria is still the speech of Shakespeare's Hotspur. Of all English dialects, Northumbrian has proved most resistant to change. Between Tyne and Tweed there are pockets of language which still call for a translation.

Contributors

Presenter:
Melvyn Bragg
Expert:
Stanley Ellis
Producer:
John Mapplebeck.
Producer:
Joy Hatwood
Editor:
Bill Mobton
Source: Radio Times

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