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LONDON (AP) – In a remote fishing town on the tip of Scotland’s Black Isle, the last native speaker of the Cromarty dialect has passed away, taking with him a little fragment of the English linguistic ...

In the tiny fishing village of Cromarty, on the tip of Scotland's Black Isle, the last speaker of the local dialect has died. Host Rachel Martin speaks with language expert Kelly McGill, about Bobby ...

A recent study provides the first empirical evidence to show that active and engaged television viewing can help to accelerate language change. A recent study provides the first empirical evidence to ...

Bobby Hogg, the last native speaker of a dialect originating from a remote fishing village in northern Scotland, has died – and so has the dialect he spoke. The death of the 92-year-old retired ...

A famous Youtuber was baffled by the Glasgow dialect, describing it as the “world's most unintelligible English”. Arieh Smith, who goes by Xiaomanyc on Youtube and TikTok, where he has a combined 10 ...