Podcasts, Radio, and TV
- No Such Thing as a Fish. May 2023. A key finding of the project was fact number two on this episode.
- BBC Radio Manchester. Nov 2022.
- BBC TV Northwest Tonight. Nov 2022.
- New Thinking BBC Radio 3 Podcast. Accents. Oct 2022.
- Channel 5 News. Oct 2021.
- BBC Radio 4. Oct 2021.
- BBC TV Northwest Tonight. Oct 2021
- BBC Radio 5 Live. Sep 2021.
- Heritage Radio. Sep 2021.
- BBC Radio Manchester. Mar 2021
- AllFM: Vintage FM. Nov 2020.
- Tameside Radio. Oct 2020.
- BBC Radio Manchester. Oct 2020.
- Granada Reports. TV. Oct 2020.
- New Thinking BBC Radio 3 Podcast. City Talk. Jul 2019.
- BBC Radio Manchester. The Breakfast Show. Jun 2017
Blogs
- AHRC Blog. Manchester Voices: Documenting and celebrating the accents and dialects of Greater Manchester. April 2019.
Local and University News
- The Manc. New study claims ‘proper Mancs’ live in the city centre and people in the suburbs sound ‘posh’. Nov 2022.
- Manchester Evening News. The Mancunian Way: D’you know what I mean? Nov 2022.
- Manchester Evening News. Proper Mancs live in city centre while south Manchester and Trafford residents sound ‘posh’, experts say. Nov 2022.
- Manchester World. Manchester Voices: New Central Library installation celebrates diversity in Greater Manchester accents. Nov 2022.
- ManMet News. Permanent archive of Manchester accents and dialects launches to celebrate local language. Nov 2022.
- Saddleworth Independent. New research project had accent on voices. Nov 2021.
- Salford Now. ‘Our accent is a kind of fingerprint, it tells a story about where we’re from’ – The Greater Manchester Voices Project want more Salfordians to take part in their survey of the region’s accents. Oct 2021.
- Manchester Evening News. ‘Manc’, ‘Lancashire’, ‘posh’ or ‘Wigan’: Researchers find four identifiable accents within Greater Manchester – and this is what you make of them. Oct 2021.
- Manchester World. Skriking, ginnels and ‘our kid’ – the Manchester team recording and celebrating the region’s accents. Oct 2021.
- Rochdale Online. Do you speak ‘Manc’, ‘Lancashire’ or ‘posh’? First findings from largest ever study of Greater Manchester accents and dialects revealed. Oct 2021.
- I Love Manchester. Do you speak ‘Manc’, ‘Lancashire’, ‘Wigan’ or ‘posh’? Oct 2021.
- Oldham Chronicle. Do you speak ‘Manc’, ‘Lancashire’ or ‘posh’? Oct 2021.
- Manchester Met News. Do you speak ‘Manc’, ‘Lancashire’ or ‘posh’? First findings from largest ever study of Greater Manchester accents and dialects revealed. Oct 2021.
- In Your Area – Rochdale. Manchester accent study encourages Rochdale residents to ‘submit their voice’ Apr 2021.
- Manchester News. Use your voice: Largest language research project in Greater Manchester’s history needs your help. Mar 2021.
- Salford Star. Salford people wanted to describe ice-skating bear. Nov 2020.
- Saddleworth Independent. Show off your accent! Be part of the ‘Manchester Voices’ research project. Oct 2020.
- Shaw and Royton Correspondent. Show off your accent! Be part of the ‘Manchester Voices’ research project. Oct 2020.
- Tameside Correspondent. Show off your accent! Be part of the ‘Manchester Voices’ research project. Oct 2020.
- Oldham Evening Chronicle. Oldham accents wanted for largest research project ever into accents of Greater Manchester Oct 2020.
- About Manchester. Bus or buz? Record your voice for largest research project ever into Greater Manchester accent Sep 2020.
- ManMet News. Bus or buz? Record your voice for largest research project ever into Greater Manchester accents Sep 2020.
- Oldham Evening Chronicle. Oldham features in new Greater Manchester ‘Voices’ map. Sep 2019.
- ManMet News. Manchester Voices Map: Mancunians can chart their own accents and dialects. Sep 2019.
- ManMet News. Permanent archive of Manchester voices created by huge regional language project. Mar 2019.
- Bury Times. A new exhibition shows that not even the people of Bury can agree the real pronunciation of the town. Jun 2017.
- Humanity Hallows. Manchester Voices launch celebrates accents, dialects and people of Greater Manchester. Jun 2017.
- The Bolton News. Manchester Metropolitan University language experts celebrate the Bolton accent and its ‘lickle’ differences. Jun 2017.
- Manchester Evening News (including a video of Erin and Rob). Hospikle, areet, barm and nesh – the words people only say where you live. Jun 2017.
- The Northern Quota. Manchester Voices research project sets out to find out how to define a ‘Mancunian accent‘. Jun 2017.
- Manchester Evening News. Help to create a unique map of how we speak in Greater Manchester. Sep 2016.
- About Manchester. Create your own dialect map of Greater Manchester. Sep 2016.
- Manchester Evening News. Scally or posh? Greater Manchester accent map shows what people think about the way YOU talk. Aug 2015.
- Manchester Evening News. Greater Manchester accents: How you think you’re perceived by the way you speak. Aug 2015.
- Mancunian Matters. Stop ya chattin’! Man Met Uni linguist on ‘accent loyalty’, dialect maps and stereotypes. Aug 2015.
- About Manchester. Posh, broad, working class or arty? How Manchester’s dialect is perceived. Aug 2015.
- Manchester Confidentials. Artsy, Rough Or Soft: What Does Your Accent Say About You? Aug 2015.
National News
- The Guardian. ‘Ya cheekeh monkeh’: recording Manchester accent diversity. Oct 2021.
- ITV News. Manchester study finds the region’s accents are going strong. Jun 2017.
- ITV News. What does the Manchester accent say about you? Aug 2015.