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PART 3

Jackie: You're listening to Talk About English with me, Jackie Dalton…

Callum: And me, Callum Robertson.

Jackie: And now we have another very important competition to tell you about
and this is open to teenagers only. Matt Cleghorn is organising the
project and he's here to tell us about it.

All: (discuss)

BBC Learning English is running a competition. On the 27th of November, the
competition opens. Visit the Learning English site and look for the "Your Dreams,
now!" links on the competition page. In 250 words or fewer, answer the question
"What's my dream and how can the BBC help me achieve it?" Two lucky winners will
receive a once in a lifetime experience to help them towards fulfilling their dream. Tell
us what we can do to help you, think laterally- if you want to become a musician, you're
much more likely to win music lessons than a guitar, for example. We want to see you
thinking practically about how to achieve your dream, what your first step will be and
how we can help. This competition is only open to 12-18 year olds inclusive. Visit the



Learning English site and look for the "Your Dream's, now!" competition starting
Monday November 27th
.

Jackie: I received a letter of complaint, which also raised an interesting issue
about language, which we can discuss. In our last programme, we were
talking about language and politics and those countries which have more
than one language. We also talked about dialects and during a
conversation about Spain, I must've made the mistake of implying that
Catalan was a dialect – which upset one of our listeners. Catalan is, in
fact, a language.

All: (discuss language vs dialect)

Jackie: Here in Britain we have plenty of our own dialects which belong to
different regions. 'Scouse' for example, is the word used to describe both
the accent and the dialect of people who come from Liverpool…We have
'Brummie' for people who come from Birmingham. Perhaps one of the
most famous dialects though is Mancunian – which comes from
Manchester.

Callum: As you listen, try to answer this question: What does 'sorted' mean?

Mancunian
Presenter: Welcome to the Mancunian in 10 minutes programme. Please listen to each
phrase and repeat it.
Phrase 1.
Posh lady: Hello, how are you today?
Mancunian: You aright?
Presenter: Repeat
Mancunian: You aright?
Presenter: Phrase 2

Posh lady: This is a really good idea and I’d like to get involved
Mancunian: Mad for it
Presenter: Repeat
Mancunian: Mad for it
Presenter: Phrase 3
Posh lady: Everything seems to be in order
Mancunian: Sorted
Presenter: Repeat
Mancunian: Sorted
Presenter: Phrase 4
Posh lady: I don’t think that you’re seeing my point of view
Mancunian: You’re off yer trolley
Presenter: Repeat
Mancunian: You’re off yer trolley
Presenter: Phrase 5
Posh lady: Hello, I had a lovely night out with my friends. We went to a nice pub, and
then onto a night club that was very exciting. We then went into town for
some supper.
Mancunian: Hiya. Eh, (I) went out mad last night wi’ (my) mates. We went to a banging
bar and then to a club. It was kicking! Then we went down (to) Rusholme
for some scran.
Presenter: Repeat
Mancunian: Hiya. Eh, (I) went out mad last night wi’ (my) mates. We went to a banging
bar and then to a club. It was kicking! Then we went down (to) Rusholme
for some scran.
Presenter: And that concludes the programme. Thank you.
Answer: 'sorted' means everything is all right!

All: (discuss messages on the theme of presentations)
Jackie: That's all there's time for this week…and indeed for this year! We'll be
back in 2007!

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