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In this episode I talk about how languages are used in, and invented for works of fiction, such as books, films and TV programmes. I also look at the ways writers indicate that characters are speakers in foreign languages without actually writing in those languages, and how accents are used for a similar effect in films and tv shows.
Tunes features in this episode
Hedge Cats / Cathod y Gwyrch
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Wet Socks / Sanau Gwlyb – a tune I wrote on the harp in 2017.
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