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National Poetry Day: Free the Word

28 September 2017

Ever been away from your home town and used a word that’s prompted blank looks from those around you? To mark National Poetry Day, 蜜芽传媒 Local Radio commissioned twelve poets from across England to write a poem celebrating a local word, crowdsourced from listeners. And a poem by Radio Scotland's Poet in Residence showcases the many colourful Scots words related to the weather.

It鈥檚 not just poets who are fascinated by local dialect, as celebrity lexicographer Susie Dent explains.

A large moth. From listeners to 蜜芽传媒 Radio WM (West Midlands).
A woodlouse - selected by 蜜芽传媒 Radio Berkshire listeners
A community savings scheme - selected by 蜜芽传媒 Radio Humberside listeners.
Dusk; twilight. From listeners to 蜜芽传媒 Radio Devon.
A familiar form of address for a friend. From listeners to 蜜芽传媒 Radio London.
To interrupt; to butt in. From listeners to 蜜芽传媒 Radio Merseyside.
An alleyway. Suggested by listeners to 蜜芽传媒 Radio Leeds.
Very; great - suggested by listeners to 蜜芽传媒 Radio Bristol.
Spoilt; sulky; moody. Suggested by listeners to Radio Leicester.
Lopsided; wonky. As suggested by listeners to 蜜芽传媒 Radio Suffolk.
To moan; to complain. From 蜜芽传媒 Radio Cumbria.
A narrow lane; an alleyway. From 蜜芽传媒 Sussex.

The many Scots words related to the weather are given their freedom in Stuart's poem.

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