Voices on BBC LeicesterYou are in: Leicester > Voices 2005  The Christian Gospels have been re-written – in Leicestershire language! Read the poem and enjoy...  Leicester student Daniel is from down south, but have the locals converted him to speak their lingo?  Kwaku spoke English at home in Africa and feels language is part of a struggle for self knowledge.  Know your cob from your cob on or your cardi from your okey? Check out our Leicester dictionary.  These friends talk every day via a message board about footie, their home and.... swearing.  Do you speak Lestah? Or Geordie? Try our game to see how much you know.  Three former miners talk about their attitudes towards their communities and accents.  Explore the 35 languages spoken in Leicester: from Tamil, Gujarati, Shona, Croatian to Polish.  The tag "Leicester born and bred" means people whose parents have come here from all over the world.  More than 350 children in year five at 10 schools across the county put on a special display. You are in: Leicester > Voices 2005 |
