National Dialect Day 2012

Subject: National Dialect Day 2012
From: GUEST,SID CALDERBANK
Date: 09 Oct 12 - 12:27 PM

This years National Dialect Day will take place in the Town Hall, Morpeth, Northumberland on Saturday 20th October. Competitions in the afternoon for dialect writing and performing followed by an evening concert. Hosted by the Northumbrian Language Society more info. is available from their website. A welcome concert is planned for the Friday night and a Northumbrian Dialect Church Service for the Sunday morning to make a weekend of it.
All dialect writers, performers and enthusiasts will be welcome.

Next year, 2013 will be in Devon!

Subject: RE: National Dialect Day 2012
From: Georgiansilver
Date: 09 Oct 12 - 01:21 PM

In Debm nex yer... probber job!!!!@

Subject: RE: National Dialect Day 2012
From: GUEST,Ebor_Fiddler
Date: 10 Oct 12 - 12:49 PM

Sithee, why nut Yocksher f' 2013?

Subject: RE: National Dialect Day 2012
From: Ann N
Date: 11 Oct 12 - 07:53 AM

:) the   Northumbrian Language Society   newsletter with links to the dialect competition flyer and rules near the bottom of the page :D

Subject: RE: National Dialect Day 2012
From: GUEST,regpettit
Date: 11 Oct 12 - 08:32 AM

whena they gornta dew a Suffolk one then bor?

Subject: RE: National Dialect Day 2012
From: GUEST,puzzled from the BBC
Date: 11 Oct 12 - 08:41 AM

Why should they? Don't they speak 'mummerset' in Suffolk?

Subject: RE: National Dialect Day 2012
From: GUEST,SID
Date: 11 Oct 12 - 10:36 AM

Yet to be confirmed, but we may well be in Norfolk in 2014, organised by FOND, best acronym in the business for "Friends of the Norfolk Dialect" - not far from Suffolk.

Subject: RE: National Dialect Day 2012
From: saulgoldie
Date: 11 Oct 12 - 10:57 AM

This sounds like huge fun. Perhaps we should do something like this here on the other side of the pond.

Saul

Subject: RE: National Dialect Day 2012
From: open mike
Date: 11 Oct 12 - 12:40 PM

"speaking" of dialects: Did you hear about the last speaker of the Cromarty fisherfolk dialect in Scotland who died recently?
The first report of this i saw had a link to a page with a glossary
of words.
http://www.npr.org/2012/10/07/162461957/scottish-dialects-last-speaker-dies
http://www.cnn.com/2012/10/05/world/europe/scotland-dead-dialect/index.html
The last person that retired engineer Bobby Hogg, 92, was able to speak to was his brother Gordon, who died last year.

here are some other dialects..http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/lifestyle/2012/10/death-cromarty-fisherfolk-dialect

and more info here: http://www.ambaile.org.uk/en/item/item_page.jsp?item_id=131892

Subject: RE: National Dialect Day 2012
From: GUEST,Black Belt Caterpillar Wrestler
Date: 12 Oct 12 - 07:31 AM

I never picked up the local dialect in Somerset when I was little. I remember that some of the older members of the community talked in such a way that I could not understand them. Nobody talks that way nowadays, there are lots of words missing from the vocabulary. Unfortunately I cannot remember them as they made no sense to me at the time.

However, I do find that I can understand enough of what Sid says to make sense of what he says! Must be an age and experience thing.

Subject: RE: National Dialect Day 2012
From: GUEST,SID
Date: 17 Oct 12 - 11:24 AM

Just bringing this back up to the top 'cos it's this weekend!! - See you in Morpeth - SID

Subject: RE: National Dialect Day 2012
From: GUEST,Bill Murray
Date: 04 Nov 12 - 01:57 PM

National Dialect Day 2013 is to be held in Devon, get your regional dialect groups involved. I will be on Saturday 19th October, probably in Exeter with events on Friday and Saturday to make a full weekend of it.

Subject: RE: National Dialect Day 2012
From: GUEST,Bill Murray
Date: 31 Jan 13 - 03:22 AM

National Dialect Day confirmed as 19th October 2013 at The Barnfield Theatre, Exeter - a weekend of events - website now open - www.devondialect.org please add comments to this and on the website.

Subject: RE: National Dialect Day 2012
From: Herga Kitty
Date: 31 Jan 13 - 03:57 AM

Here's a blue clicky to take you to the Devon dialect website....

Kitty

Subject: RE: National Dialect Day 2012
From: Herga Kitty
Date: 31 Jan 13 - 03:59 AM

Maybe the thread title ought to be changed, now we're talking about 2013....?

Kitty

Subject: RE: National Dialect Day 2012
From: GUEST
Date: 04 Feb 13 - 03:32 AM

please change it as soon as possible, thanks Bill