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Voices

The biggest-ever survey of how we speak was carried out over six months. BBC TV and radio broadcast the findings.

  • Listen to the latest recordings

  • Playing truant

    A teacher discusses what words people use for playing truant.

    Conversation-stopper

    A distinctive Welsh accent can be mistaken for something else!

    My own language

    Having deaf parents influenced the way Grace Mudd spoke.

    Finding out more

    What do we know about the use of English in the region?

    Talking point

    Join in the debate about local accents in North West Wales.

    Further afield

    Visit the UK website to hear the rest of the country speak.

    Meet an expert

    One of our top language experts comes from Holyhead.

    Learn Welsh

    Interested in languages? Find out more about Welsh.

    Old-style oratory

    Listen to David Lloyd George's voice in a recording from 1931.

    TV talk

    View video clips from The Way That We Say It programme.

    Pub talk

    Dylan Llyr reckons it's time an urban myth was exploded.

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