The results are clear: people all over NI would say a sentence like 'The dog needs fed'.
This sentence may sound so normal to you, you don't realise that it's a Northern Irish way of talking....(1/2)

Ah, done with work for the week!

Now, should I go home and watch a film.....or a filum?

Tell us how you say 'film' here: speakforyersel.ac.uk/ni/

#NorthernIreland #NI #linguistics #film #filum

Did you know that in many varieties of English, this would be said as ‘there weren’t that many THAT/WHO/WHICH came to the door’?

Did you know that you can tell us what you think about these types of sentences on Speak for Yersel Northern Ireland?

Now you do!

Who all went out to a Halloween celebration last night? 🎃🎇

(And who all knew that not every English speaker would start a question with 'who all'?)

Would you say 'Who all did you see?'
What about 'Who did you see all?'

Let us know here: speakforyersel.ac.uk/ni

#NorthernIreland #linguistics

If you play a trick on someone, are you being bold or naughty?

Let us know what YOU say!

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#NorthernIreland #linguistics #Halloween

It's almost time for the little ones to go trick-or-treating!

But what do you call the little ones? Weans? Bairns? Children? Kids?

Tell us here: speakforyersel.ac.uk/ni/