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Media coverage
Title Can you tell a Whitehills accent from a Banff one? Doric is more than just the one dialect! Degree of recognition Regional Media name/outlet Press and Journal Media type Print Country/Territory United Kingdom Date 2/10/24 Description A piece in the Press and Journal inspired by my poem DREEPIN and a performance as part of WayWORD Festival in Aberdeen. The writer argues: 'Maybe we should bring a wee bitty more Doric into the more formal situations where we usually don’t. After all, it is unique to us and is a huge part of who we are.' Producer/Author Colin Farquhar URL https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/opinion/6592878/colin-farquhar-can-you-tell-a-whitehills-accent-from-a-banff-one-doric-is-more-than-just-the-one-dialect/ Persons Shane Strachan Title The Times: 'Beware land of baffling ‘slang’ and dire weather, English told' Degree of recognition National Media name/outlet The Times Media type Print Country/Territory United Kingdom Date 20/07/24 Description As a writer of Scots and Lecturer in Creative Writing, I was asked to provide a media contribution on my thoughts on perceptions of Scots as 'slang' rather than a language in its own right. Producer/Author Marc Horne URL https://www.thetimes.com/uk/scotland/article/beware-land-baffling-slang-dire-weather-english-told-scotland-b2thw227f Persons Shane Strachan