In the last few podcasts we have talked about Teesside, its culture and the audible badge of honour that is the distinctive accent. But what are the unique ingredients that mark out talking 'proper' Teesside?
We asked Whinney Banks raised Dr Peter Stockwell of Nottingham University, one of the UK's top experts in socio-linguistics, to talk us through the rhythm, dialect and evolution of our local lingo, a linguistic frontier town that has medieval vowels flattened by industry and immigration.
Edited by Sunita Ghosh Dastidar.
