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Anne Hailes: Trust me, it’s all in our accents and how we speak, so it is...

The way we use language is always changing

Anne Hailes

Anne Hailes

Anne is Northern Ireland's first lady of journalism, having worked in the media since she joined Ulster Television when she was 17. Her columns have been entertaining and informing Irish News readers for 25 years.

Charlotte, one of the contestants in the series three of BBC1’s The Traitors. (Cody Burridge/BBC)
Charlotte Berman, a contestant in the latest series of The Traitors, adopted a Welsh accent in an effort to appear more trustworthy. The tactic helped her become the last surviving 'traitor' in the show PICTURE: CODY BURRIDGE/BBC (Cody Burridge/BBC/PA)