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This page lists all of the locations that feature dialect sample sound clips, as found on the 'How do people speak in...?' map of the Atlas. Click on a sound clip to play it or follow a link through to the Atlas to find out more.
| Location | Dialect Sample | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Aberdeen | Listen out for: "I wasna doing nothing" Find out more about this example | |
| Alloa | Listen out for: "I'll away up to the room" Find out more about this example | |
| Broadford | Listen out for: "himself went for a pizza" Find out more about this example | |
| Carnoustie | Listen out for: "you was gonna bide" Find out more about this example | |
| Charleston | Listen out for: "what like is that person above me" Find out more about this example | |
| Dornoch | Listen out for: "she seen a pheasant" Find out more about this example | |
| East Calder | Listen out for: "when you look at they badgers" Find out more about this example | |
| Falkland | Listen out for: "are you wanting to buy this car?" Find out more about this example | |
| Greenock | Listen out for: "that house he's after buying" Find out more about this example | |
| Halkirk | Listen out for: "it needs rewired anyway" Find out more about this example | |
| Johnstone | Listen out for: "there it's there" Find out more about this example | |
| Kilsyth | Listen out for: "how no" Find out more about this example | |
| Lerwick | Listen out for: "made sure a' the pies was hot" Find out more about this example | |
| Maybole | Listen out for: "youse are in a learning curve" Find out more about this example | |
| Mayfield | Listen out for: "I didnae put salt on a pie" Find out more about this example | |
| Moffat | Listen out for: "I could be in my bed" Find out more about this example | |
| Paisley | Listen out for: "gonnae gies it" Find out more about this example | |
| Perth | Listen out for: "I had a kilt and that on, eh" Find out more about this example | |
| Selkirk | Listen out for: "some people might can" Find out more about this example | |
| Stranraer | Listen out for: "it's brilliant, so it is" Find out more about this example | |
| Turriff | Listen out for: "fa div you think you are?" Find out more about this example |
