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Are regional accents really disappearing?

Every now and then, a story will appear in the media about regional accents disappearing. About how everyone in the north of England will eventually sound the same, or maybe even how they will all start to sound like people from the South. How accents across Scotland are losing their distinctiveness, and how the Welsh lilt will soon be a thing of the past.

Well, I’m here to say that this is not going to

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