The changing accents of British English
Language Log 2023-11-03
Summary:
King’s English and Cockney replaced by three new accents, study finds Britons depart from overtly class-based post-war speech epitomised by either clipped vowels or working-class dialects By Charles Hymas, The Telegraph, Home Affairs Editor 30 October 2023 • 6:33pm I vaguely recall an earlier study from about ten years ago that came to similar conclusions (including the emergence of […]