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  2. Cheshire dialect - Wikipedia

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    For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA. The Cheshire dialect is a Northern English dialect spoken in the county of Cheshire in North West England. It has similarities with the dialects of the surrounding counties of Merseyside, Greater Manchester, Staffordshire, Shropshire, and Derbyshire. [1] [vague]

  3. Cheshire - Wikipedia

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    Cheshire (/ ˈ tʃ ɛ ʃ ər,-ɪər / CHESH-ər, -⁠eer) [3] is a ceremonial county in North West England.It is bordered by Merseyside to the north-west, Greater Manchester to the north-east, Derbyshire to the east, Staffordshire to the south-east, and Shropshire to the south; to the west it is bordered by the Welsh counties of Flintshire and Wrexham, and has a short coastline on the Dee Estuary.

  4. Cheshire Cat - Wikipedia

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    The Cheshire Cat (/ ˈtʃɛʃər, - ɪər / CHESH-ər, -⁠eer) [1] is a fictional cat popularised by Lewis Carroll in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and known for its distinctive mischievous grin. While now most often used in Alice -related contexts, the association of a "Cheshire cat" with grinning predates the 1865 book.

  5. Chester - Wikipedia

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    Chester is a cathedral city and the county town of Cheshire, England, on the River Dee, close to the England-Wales border. With a built-up area population of 92,760 in 2021, [1] it is the most populous settlement of Cheshire West and Chester (which had a population of 357,150 in 2021). [5] It is also the historic county town of Cheshire and the ...

  6. History of Cheshire - Wikipedia

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    The history of Cheshire can be traced back to the Hoxnian Interglacial, between 400,000 and 380,000 years BP. Primitive tools that date to that period have been found. Stone Age remains have been found showing more permanent habitation during the Neolithic period, and by the Iron Age the area is known to have been occupied by the Celtic ...

  7. Regional accents of English - Wikipedia

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    The accents of English in Wales are strongly influenced by the phonology of the Welsh language, which more than 20% of the population of Wales speak as their first or second language. The North Wales accent is distinct from South Wales. North East Wales is influenced by Scouse and Cheshire accents.

  8. 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 the ...

  9. Help:IPA/English - Wikipedia

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    Throughout Wikipedia, the pronunciation of words is indicated using the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). The following tables list the IPA symbols used for English words and pronunciations. Please note that several of these symbols are used in ways that are specific to Wikipedia, and differ from those used by dictionaries.