Fluent in the dialects and song catalogs of traditional Celtic, Scottish and English music, he was drafted to replace Tommy Makem, who had left for a solo career.
Two well trained field assistants fluent in the dialects spoken in the chosen districts were responsible for conducting the interviews.
He was fluent in the Mandarin dialect of Chinese, which he had studied in an Air Force language school, enabling him to intercept and translate messages.
About a decade ago he opened a mall in Xiamen, China, not far from his ancestral home, taking advantage of his ties and the fact that he and all of his children are fluent in the Hokkien dialect, spoken in the Fujian province, where he was born.
Each team has at least one member who was fluent in the local dialect.
For each assessment site, the interviewers were selected from that region and were fluent in the local dialect and customs.
Written informed consent was obtained from the head of each household by staff fluent in the local dialect.
A person fluent in the local dialect was hired to transcribe the audio recordings and notes from the FGDs.
Each interview lasted between 50 70 min. Study interviewers were all psychiatric nurses who were fluent in the local dialect (Luo) and registered with the Uganda Nursing Council.
They were of the same socio-cultural background as the children and were also fluent in the language and dialect of the children.
