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Word of Mouth: 1: The Big Yin and the Wee Yin

BBC Two
on BBC Two England

A series of six programmes which traces the pattern of speech in Britain today.
Introduced by Melvyn Bragg with comments by Stanley Ellis, one of Britain's leading dialect experts.

Edinburgh and Glasgow are traditional rivals, a rivalry that is reflected in the contrast between the voices of the two cities. The East and West of Scotland speak a very different tongue - but is this a difference that owes as much to social class as to geography?

Preview: p 11

Contributors

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

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