When leafing through Hansard, the official transctript of the Assembly's proceedings, for last Monday I stumbled across a smattering of Ulster-Scots.
It was spoken by Jim Shannon who is a Strangford based DUP MLA, during a discussion of development of the rail network. It opened my eyes to the fact that, although my pronunciation may be a little askew, I could understand his speech perfectly well. This surprised me because in a 1999 survey only two per cent claimed to have a grasp of it - maybe people are underestimating their linguistic abilities.
See how you get on:
"Ivery yeer Translink Bus an Rael tak heer an ther 75 million trevellers, they hae £100 million turniver an provide tae the Province iver 3,500 joabs.
"We hae no sae lang ago haud improvements tae tha Benger line alang wi Bilfast- Antrim Bleach Green line which is bein re-apened tae provide journeys intae oor capitol.
"Thees figures speek weel o' tha system but they dinnae paint aa richt pictur o- whut we hae richt noo. Hense tha ammendment an they daenae pit fort what shud be ther an what cud be in place."
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