Like other parts of the UK, Northern Ireland has multiple dialects. Variation can be significant; someone in Derry/Londonderry may use words and an accent unfamiliar to someone from Belfast, less than a one-hour drive away. This diversity of English can serve as a positive talking point or a source of craic in everyday settings. Those dialects, slang, and accents have been richly influenced by historical transmission and exchange from other parts of the island, from Britain,