But in some varieties of English, 'The dog needs fed' would sound strange, and people would say 'The dog needs to be fed' or 'The dog needs feeding' instead. (2/2)

How would YOU say it? Let us know here:

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Please share far and wide to help us capture as much of the rich variety of language spoken on the island of Ireland as possible! Send the surveys to your aunties, your granny, your friends, neighbours and colleagues - whoever!

There's no right or wrong answers - we're interested in how you actually speak! We hope you'll have fun along the way and discover some little linguistic gems - and maybe a little about how you speak yourself!

When you’re talking to a group of people, would you say ‘you’, ‘youse’, or ‘ye’? Would you ever say ‘I’m pure ragin’’? And do you pronounce ‘meat’ the same as ‘mate’?

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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!

Please share far and wide to help us capture as much of the rich variety of language spoken on the island of Ireland as possible! Send the surveys to your aunties, your granny, your friends, neighbours and colleagues - whoever!

There's no right or wrong answers - we're interested in how you actually speak! We hope you'll have fun along the way and discover some little linguistic gems - and maybe a little about how you speak yourself!

There are three surveys for people who live on the island of Ireland to take: how you pronounce things, what words you use, and how you put these together to make phrases and sentences.

Both will map the diverse varieties heard from Ballycastle in the north to Ballycotton in the south. City-dwellers in Belfast and Dublin in the east can have their say alongside the rural populations of tiny villages like Belleek and Brandon in the west.

These are the kinds of questions asked in Speak for Yersel: Northern Ireland and Speak for Yersel: Republic of Ireland, two brand-new resources which will create a digital snapshot of how English on the island of Ireland and Scots in Ulster are used in the 21st century.

When you’re talking to a group of people, would you say ‘you’, ‘youse’, or ‘ye’? Would you ever say ‘I’m pure ragin’’? And do you pronounce ‘meat’ the same as ‘mate’?