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A new website to help children learn the Ulster-Scots language is being launched in Belfast.
(Â鶹Éç News, March 31st, 2006)
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Researchers appeal for volunteers with genuine Cardiff accents to help with voice recognition systems.
(Â鶹Éç News, March 30th, 2006)
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Opposition in Caithness to Gaelic language road signs is criticised by Highland Council.
(Â鶹Éç News, March 29th, 2006)
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My sister lives in Los Angeles, and has picked up this irritating verbal tic, "uptalk", which means that she uses an interrogative tone even when making statements such as: "I never want to talk to you again (?)".
(The Times, March 28th, 2006)
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A new online dictionary launched by the Welsh Language Board will help learners find technical translation.
(Â鶹Éç News, March 23rd, 2006)
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An appreciation of the Norfolk dialect is to be taught in 11 schools by a language preservation group.
(Â鶹Éç News, March 23rd, 2006)
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A repulsive piece of grammar is like a mangled frog left by the cat in the middle of the kitchen lino. It is not necessarily ill-intentioned, but the repellent effect increases according to the frequency of the offence.
(Daily Telegraph, March 22nd 2006)
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A new booklet and CD aimed at encouraging and helping Isle of Man firms to use the Manx Gaelic language is available.
(Â鶹Éç News, March 20th, 2006)
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Bright children in poor areas are learning Latin in school thanks to a DVD-based course.
(The Times, March 20th, 2006)
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The dialects of New York City and Pittsburgh are miles apart, and the highways that connect them are loaded with detours in pronunciation and vocabulary.
(The New York Times, March 17th, 2006)
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British students are missing out studying part of their university course in another European country, the EC says.
(Â鶹Éç News, March 17th, 2006)
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Junior doctors in NI are being trained in sign language to communicate effectively with the deaf.
(Â鶹Éç News, March 13th, 2006)
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The campaign to keep the Cornish language alive is taking to the county's streets.
(Â鶹Éç News, March 10th, 2006)
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Projects are being introduced in schools to combat a decline in children learning foreign languages.
(Â鶹Éç News, March 10th, 2006)
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In this reader's article, Colin McDonald says a new mindset is required to learn other languages.
(Â鶹Éç News, March 8th, 2006)
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Good punctuation is mourned as a lost art. But the best writing is full of mistakes - and that's why it's exciting.
(The Guardian, March 6th, 2006)
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A project to prevent the local dialect in the North East (UK) from dying out is awarded a lottery grant.
(Â鶹Éç News, March 5th, 2006)
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Staff and pupils at a Devon school are learning sign language to communicate with one of the school's newest pupils.
(Â鶹Éç News, March 3rd, 2006)
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British students have a poorer grasp of spelling, grammar and the English language than their peers from overseas, research by Imperial College, London, suggests.
(The Times, March 2nd, 2006)
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Amazon is moving its European customer service centre to the Irish Republic because of local language talents.
(Â鶹Éç News, March 2nd, 2006)
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Children's success at learning Welsh hinges on the language used in the home, a study in Bangor finds.
(Â鶹Éç News, March 1st, 2006)
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England football fans heading to Germany for the World Cup can get free language classes. Past participle, anyone?
(Â鶹Éç News, March 1st, 2006)
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