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  2. Scouse - Wikipedia

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    Scouse (/ skaʊs / skowss), more formally known as Liverpool English[ 2 ] or Merseyside English, [ 3 ][ 4 ][ 5 ] is an accent and dialect of English associated with the city of Liverpool and the surrounding Liverpool City Region. The Scouse accent is highly distinctive as it was influenced heavily by Irish and Welsh immigrants who arrived via ...

  3. Regional accents of English - Wikipedia

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    The Liverpool accent, known as Scouse, is an exception to the Lancashire regional variant of English. It has spread to some of the surrounding towns. Before the 1840s, Liverpool's accent was similar to others in Lancashire, though with some distinct features due to the city's proximity to Wales.

  4. English language in Northern England - Wikipedia

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    The spoken English language in Northern England has been shaped by the region's history of settlement and migration, and today encompasses a group of related accents and dialects in the United Kingdom known as Northern England English or Northern English. [2][3] The strongest influence on the modern varieties of the English language spoken in ...

  5. Talk:Scouse - Wikipedia

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    It is a London accent with Cockney a derivative of the accent. Scouse is like Cockney - a working class accent - and a derivative of the Liverpool accent. 188.222.173.121 (talk) 08:40, 23 July 2013 (UTC) [reply] Exactly. I am a scouser, and I use the word 'scouser' all the time to refer to myself and fellow 'scousers'.

  6. Cardiff English - Wikipedia

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    Cardiff English. The Cardiff accent, also known as Cardiff English, [ 1 ] is the regional accent of English, and a variety of Welsh English, as spoken in and around the city of Cardiff, and is somewhat distinctive in Wales, compared with other Welsh accents. [ 2 ] Its pitch is described as somewhat lower than that of Received Pronunciation ...

  7. List of dialects of English - Wikipedia

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    The major native dialects of English are often divided by linguists into three general categories: the British Isles dialects, those of North America, and those of Australasia. [2] Dialects can be associated not only with place but also with particular social groups. Within a given English-speaking country, there is a form of the language ...

  8. Potteries dialect - Wikipedia

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    The traditional dialect differs much more from RP, but (as with all dialects in England) it is now confined to older residents. The Potteries dialect descends from the West Midlands dialect of Middle English (ME), whereas modern Standard English descends from the East Midlands dialect. ME /a/ became /ɒ/ in the West Midland area, so that man is ...

  9. Pronunciation of English /r/ - Wikipedia

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    "Flapped" or "Tapped" R: alveolar flap ⓘ (occurs in Scouse and conservative Northern England English, most Scottish English, some South African, Welsh, Indian [3] and Irish English (probably influenced by the native languages of those regions) and early twentieth-century Received Pronunciation; not to be confused with flapping of /t/ and /d/)