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| Written by Matt Chapman | ||||
| Sunday, 20 April 2008 | ||||
Page 2 of 2 D2’s UK regional dictionary currently includes words such as: * docky n. Norfolk. a snack * blart v. Midlands. to cry * brammer n. W. Scotland. an outstanding person or thing * gennell n. N. England. alleyway * dreckly adv. S. West. immediately * hoy v. Cumbria. to throw * hacky adj. Tyneside. dirty * jangle v. Liverpool. to gossip * spogs n. Yorks. confectionary * snappin n. Stoke-on-Trent. food.
Dr Tony Robinson, former Cambridge University speech expert and director of SpinVox’s Advanced Speech Group, said the English language is in a constant state of evolution. |
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