The British Library The British Library http://sounds.bl.uk/JISC ASR IPR STATUS LIST.xls Conversation in Lochinver about accent, dialect and attitudes to language. C1190/43/22 BBC Voices Recordings BBC warning: this interview contains language which some may find offensive. Recording made for BBC Voices project of a conversation guided by a BBC interviewer. The conversation follows a loose structure based on eliciting opinions about accents, dialects, the words we use and people's attitude to language. The four interviewees are all friends and residents of Lochinver. [00:00:00] Speakers introduce themselves. Discussion of words used to describe EMOTIONS.[00:07:15] Discussion of words used to describe ACTIONS.[00:11:23] Discussion of words used to describe PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES. Comment that she remembers a left-handed person at school being forced to write with their right hand.[00:20:53] Discussion of words used to describe CLOTHING.[00:24:10] Discussion of words used to describe PEOPLE AND THINGS. Description of a ned.[00:36:58] Discussion of words used to describe WEATHER AND SURROUNDINGS. 2005-05-05 Lochinver, Highland sound MacLeod, Angus, 1957 Nov. 30- (speaker, male) Simpson, John, 1945 June 16- (speaker, male) Standlick, Kelly, 1972 Nov. 23- (speaker, female) Taylor, Fiona, 1959 July 14- (speaker, female) MacDonald, Fiona, 1955 June 15- (speaker, female) Radio Scotland 00:48:21