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    1. [ANGUS] Listen to local dialects
    2. Arlene Halme
    3. Picked this site up from an Irish list. It has a few choices for Scotland, closest for Angus is Stonehaven. Some might find it interesting to have a listen to http://www.bl.uk/learning/langlit/sounds/index.html Arlene

    04/10/2009 01:12:50
    1. Re: [ANGUS] Listen to local dialects
    2. Gavin Bell
    3. Arlene Halme wrote: >Picked this site up from an Irish list. It has a few choices for >Scotland, closest for Angus is Stonehaven. Some might find it >interesting to have a listen to > >http://www.bl.uk/learning/langlit/sounds/index.html > >Arlene > > Not very reminiscent of Angus speech. To me, he sounds more Aberdeen than Angus, and (as is probably inevitable in these days of mass media) his speech is at least partly urbanised, even though he is talking of country life. Gavin Bell

    04/11/2009 03:27:52