Should a Scot be worried if her jacket is on a shoogly peg? Why is a Yorkshireman still influenced by the Vikings? How do we figure out how to pronounce obscure words? Join lexicographers Craig Leyland and Fiona McPherson to find out more about regional English in the Oxford English Dictionary, with specific reference to Scotland and Yorkshire, and hear Dr Catherine Sangster talk about her work as head of the OED’s pronunciations team.

Come back for another episode in two weeks (May 27th), when we’ll be looking at song lyrics in the OED, and the importance of bibliography.

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Music by Matt Cutmore

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