Last week, the Online team at BBC Northern Ireland launched a pretty mammoth project, the new Ulster Scots portal.
This was the culmination of over a years work from planning to deployment and also marked a first for BBCNI in that it was the first site to launch on the BBC’s dynamic web application platform. This road wasn’t always smooth but it managed to come together in the end without it turning into much of a handlin.The application was built by London based dev house, Airlock, and aims to help complete learners get up to speed with Ulster Scots quickly and easily while also providing more seasoned enthusiasts with plenty to chew the cud over. The foundations of the site were laid by the long running Radio Ulster programme, A Kist o Wurds.As it is a language orientated site, there was a big emphasis on audio. As with Ulster Scots being a very gutteral sounding language anyway, the muckle of audio & video available is a great resource for users new to Ulster Scots.It’s quite a colourful language and I was personally very surprised how many Ulster Scots words and phrases I already use in everyday life. Check the site Ulster Scots site out for yourself and let me know in the comments if you have any particular favourite words or phrases.
Thoughts From My Head 