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A Kist o Wurds

Series 2

Programme 3

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio UlsterLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio Ulster

For Valentine's Day, Conal Gillespie tells a wee story about farmer Robbie’s search for love - and Jim Reid sings a Robert Burns classic.

We find out about the Scots language with writer Liz Nevin - and James Fenton discusses the origins of many of our Ulster-Scots words.

Ian James Parsley talks about the standardisation of Ulster-Scots spelling - and Lord Laird tells us about the Ulster-Scots Agency.

Plus, editor Billy Kennedy publicises the paper ‘The Ulster Scot’. Show less

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