Accents and dialects

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Kerswill

Lancashire study 

Josie and penny scored high in terms of aspirations but low in speech pattern- in bottom 10. 

'h' dropping and glottal 

Dialect levelling 

"Breaking down close knit communities" 

Milton keynes- commuter belt. 

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Watson

"Scouse was disappearing" Daily Mail 

"Regional accents thrive against the odds" Times 

Liverpool accent extending 

Accents move around 

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Rosen

"Regional accents like gold dust"

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Steph McGovern

£20 for corrective therapy to correct "terrible northern accent" 

"People like you are clever"

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Williams

Accents carry stigma 

Accents most disliked from old industrial cities

Geordie accent ameliorated because of celebrities. 

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Trousdale

"Modern Geordie accent distinctive"

Adaptation

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Ofstead

Inspection in Berkshire saw a teacher told to sound less northern in Cumbria.  

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