Dialect researchers given a 'canny load of chink' to sort 'pikeys' from 'chavs' in regional accents

Researchers at Leeds University are sifting through a vast collection of examples of regional slang words and phrases turned up by a project run by the BBC, in which they invited the public to send in examples of English still spoken throughout the country.

Andy McSmith
Friday 1 June 2007
The Independent