A rare dialect that is only spoken by two elderly brothers is to be recorded for posterity before it disappears.
Bobby Hogg, 87, and his brother Gordon, 80, are believed to be the last fluent speakers of the “Cromarty fisher dialect”.
It is said to be the most threatened dialect in Scotland and is to be recorded [...]
Archive for February, 2007
Brothers are last to speak dialect
Posted in Language on February 21, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Apple warns iPod users against Vista
Posted in Technology on February 8, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
IPods could be damaged by Microsoft’s new computer operating system, the company behind the popular digital music players has warned.
Apple, the long-standing rival of Bill Gates’s Microsoft, is urging users not to upgrade their PCs to the Vista system until it comes up with a compatible version of the software that runs iPods.
Microsoft launched its [...]
Jane Austen to be the latest teenage sensation
Posted in Literature on February 4, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Step aside Britney Spears. Movie moguls, television producers and publishers believe this year’s teen hit will be the 19th-century “lit girl” Jane Austen.
The life and works of the author, who died a spinster at the age of 41 in 1817, form the basis of no fewer than six forthcoming films and television series, along with [...]
