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  2. Scouse - Wikipedia

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    Scouse (/ s k aʊ s / 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.

  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. Sound correspondences between English accents - Wikipedia

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    The International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) can be used to represent sound correspondences among various accents and dialects of the English language.. These charts give a diaphoneme for each sound, followed by its realization in different dialects.

  5. English language in England - Wikipedia

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    Irish influences on Scouse speech include the pronunciation of unstressed 'my' as 'me' and the pronunciation of 'th' sounds like 't' or 'd' (although they remain distinct as dental /t̪/ /d̪/). Other features of Scouse include the pronunciation of non-initial /k/ as [x] and the pronunciation of 'r' as a tap /ɾ/.

  6. Cardiff English - Wikipedia

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    The formation of the modern Cardiff accent has been cited as having an Irish influence, similar to the influence of Liverpool's Scouse accent, given both cities' status as major world ports. [2] According to a 2005 BBC study, the Cardiff accent, as well as that of Liverpool and East London , is in the process of changing due to the modern ...

  7. Jodie Comer shares unexpected way she’s been ... - AOL

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    Jodie Comer has mastered a whole range of accents over the course of her acting career, from the Russian tones of Killing Eve’s Villanelle to a Midwestern American twang in her latest movie The ...

  8. English-language vowel changes before historic /r/ - Wikipedia

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    Scouse, the accent of Liverpool and the Merseyside area, is the dialect with which the merger is most stereotypically associated. [65] The most common realization in modern Scouse is [eː], but [ɛː] and [ɪː] are also possible. [ 69 ]

  9. Potteries dialect - Wikipedia

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    The Potteries accent is much more difficult to imitate than Cockney, Scouse, Brummie or Geordie. Few actors from outside the Potteries have managed to master it. Neither in the 1952 film "The Card" nor in the 1976 TV series "Clayhanger", did any actor give a reasonable rendition of the accent.