Category: Scotland
Date: 10.06.2005
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A new entertainment quiz show for 91Èȱ¬ Radio Scotland based around Scots dialect and language is being recorded in four Scottish locations this month.
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Your Word Against Mine is hosted by Cameron Stout and features eight competing teams from Shetland to Dumfries with the emphasis very much on laughter.
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One round of the quiz asks teams to decide which definition of an obscure Scots word is true or false... plus many more fun-packed rounds.
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First up, it's the The North East v Shetland on Monday 20 June at Inverurie Town Hall.
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Then it's Argyll v Perth & Kinross on Tuesday 21 June at St Andrew's Church Hall in Crieff, followed by Dundee v Glasgow on Wednesday 22 June at Pollokshields Burgh Hall in Glasgow.
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Finally it's Dumfries & Galloway v The Borders on Thursday 23 June at St George's Church Hall in Dumfries.
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Team captains include:
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Perth & Kinross features one of Scotland's most famous mums, Carol McGregor;
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Argyll's team leader is prominent local character and Oban FM presenter, Col McDougal;
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in Glasgow, it's stand-up comic Susan Morrison - described as bolshie, brassie and feisty, she is compere at The Stand Comedy Club;
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Dumfries & Galloway has Liz Niven, a published author and poet;
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and in Dundee Sheena Wellington, one of Scotland's leading traditional singers, takes the helm.
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If you would like to attend the recordings, tickets are available on the door at each of the venues.
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Doors open 6.30pm. Audience seated by 6.45pm. Recordings start at 7.00pm sharp, except Crieff which starts at 7.30pm.
