Mid Ulster English

Words of the sort organize/organise and their derivatives can be spelt with either s or z in British English. The -ize forms are promoted by the Oxford English Dictionary. British English with -ize is sometimes known as OED spelling, and may be marked by the registered IANA language tag 'en-GB-oed'. It is the spelling used by the Encyclopædia Britannica, by the United Nations, and by many international organizations and academic publications. The -ize forms were used by The Times until the mi ...

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British English, British English - -ise versus -ize

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Ulster Scots is defined in legislation (The North/South Co-operation (Implementation Bodies) Northern Ireland Order 1999) as: the variety of the Scots language which has traditionally been used in parts of Northern Ireland and in Donegal in Ireland [1]. The declaration made by the United Kingdom Government regarding the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages reads as follows: The United Kingdom declares, in accordance with Article 2, paragraph 1 of the Charter that it recognises that Scots and Ulster Scots meet ...

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Ulster Scots language, Ulster Scots language - History, Ulster Scots language - Ullans, Ulster Scots language - Hiberno-Scots, Ulster Scots language - Who speaks it, Ulster Scots language - Legal status, Ulster Scots language - Heritage, Ulster Scots language - Pronunciation, Ulster Scots language - Literature

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In recent years a movement has been under way to change the perception of Ulster Scots. It is derided by many as "poor English", citing examples of the dialect in written form which bears a striking resemblance to English as spoken with a broad Antrim accent. However, many of its speakers still take pride in the way they speak and in the wider Ulster-Scots heritage of which it forms part. The Ulster Scots Agency's website gives its address as "Tha Boord o Ulster-Scotch Franklin Haw, 5t Flare, 10-12 Brunswick Raa, Bilfawst BT2 7GE." The English version of this is given as "The Ulster-Scots Agency Franklin House, 5t ...

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In the Lowland Scots-speaking areas of Ulster there was traditionally a considerable demand for the work of Scottish poets, often in locally printed editions. Alexander Montgomerie's The Cherrie and the Slae in 1700, shortly over a decade later an edition of poems by Sir David Lindsay, nine printings of Allan Ramsay's The Gentle shepherd between 1743 and 1793, and an edition of Robert Burns' poetry in 1787, the same year as the Edinburgh edition, followed by reprints in 1789, 1793 and 1800. Among other Scottish poets publi ...

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Ulster Scots language, Ulster Scots language - History, Ulster Scots language - Ullans, Ulster Scots language - Hiberno-Scots, Ulster Scots language - Who speaks it, Ulster Scots language - Legal status, Ulster Scots language - Heritage, Ulster Scots language - Pronunciation, Ulster Scots language - Literature

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During the middle of the 20th century, the linguist R. J. Gregg established the geographical boundaries of Ulster's Lowland Scots-speaking areas based on information gathered from native speakers. The 1999 Northern Ireland Life and Times Survey found that 2% of Northern Ireland residents claimed to speak Ulster Scots, which would mean a total speech community of approximately 30,000 in the territory, which does not include County Donegal. Some advocates have claimed that Ulster Scots is spoken by up to 100,000 people, and if the NILTS figure ...

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Main article: North American English Regional accents of English speakers - Canada. Main article: Canadian English Canadian accents vary widely across the country, and the accent of a particular region is often closer to neighbouring parts of the United States. Nevertheless, there are some characteristics that exist across the country, in varying degrees, such as Canadian raising. Canadian actors and announcers used to aim for a General American accent (similar to that formerly used by ...

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Regional accents of English speakers, Regional accents of English speakers - British Isles, Regional accents of English speakers - England, Regional accents of English speakers - Scotland, Regional accents of English speakers - Wales, Regional accents of English speakers - Ireland, Regional accents of English speakers - North America, Regional accents of English speakers - Canada, Regional accents of English speakers - United States, Regional accents of English speakers - West Indies and Bermuda, Regional accents of English speakers - Southern Hemisphere, Regional accents of English speakers - Australia, Regional accents of English speakers - New Zealand, Regional accents of English speakers - South Atlantic, Regional accents of English speakers - Southern Africa, Regional accents of English speakers - Asia, Regional accents of English speakers - Hong Kong, Regional accents of English speakers - Indian Subcontinent, Regional accents of English speakers - Malaysia and Singapore, Regional accents of English speakers - Philippines

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Regional accents of English speakers - Australia. Main article: Australian English phonology The Australian accent varies between social classes and is sometimes claimed to vary from state to state, though this is disputed (it is more the lexis that varies between states, as well as the pronunciation of certain words, the most cited example being 'castle'). Accents tend to be strongest in the more remote areas. (Note that, while there are many similarities between Australian accents and New Zealand ones, there are also differences.) ...

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According to the 2001 census, Welsh is spoken by about 20% of the population of Wales, giving it around 600,000 speakers. However, there is some controversy over the actual number who speak Welsh. Some statistics choose to include people who have studied Welsh to at least GCSE standard, not all of whom could be regarded as fluent speakers of the language. Unlike Scottish Gaelic, which is sometimes viewed as a regional language even in Scotland itself, but like many other minoritised languages, Welsh has for a long time been strongly associated with nationalism, making it harder to get an accur ...

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The lot-cloth split is the result of a late seventeenth-century sound change that lengthened /ɒ/ to [ɒː] before voiceless fricatives, and also before /n/ in the word gone. In some accents, the lengthened [ɒː] was raised, merging with the /ɔː/ of words like ...

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Phonological history of the low back vowels, Phonological history of the low back vowels - Father-bother merger, Phonological history of the low back vowels - Lot-cloth split, Phonological history of the low back vowels - Cot-caught merger

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Languages in the United Kingdom - Native. English (British English) Cant Cockney rhyming slang English English Estuary English Geordie Hiberno (Irish) English Mid Ulster English Polari Scottish English Highland English Scouse Sign Supported English (a sign language based on English, not BSL) Lowland Scots

The Channel Islands and Isle of Man are not part of the UK, but are closely associated with it. Their languages are recognised as regional languages by the British and Irish governments within the framework of the British-Irish Council. Manx (Isle of Man) Jèrriais (Jersey) Dgèrnésiais (Guernsey) The Sercquiais (Sark) dialect is descended from Jèrriais, ...

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Much non-standard vocabulary found in Mid Ulster English and many meanings of standard English words peculiar to the dialect come from Scots and Irish. Some examples are shown in the table below. Furthermore, speakers of the dialect conjugate many verbs according to how they are formed in Scots, eg. "driv" instead of drove as the past tense of drive, etc. ...

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Mid Ulster English, Mid Ulster English - Phonology, Mid Ulster English - Vowels, Mid Ulster English - Consonants, Mid Ulster English - Vocabulary

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