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hugo7 in reply to @Rich_G

the vast range of accents ina relatively small area

There's a really interesting study on this somewhere and their marked decline. See for eg the expansion of the Birmingham accent to surrounding areas. Iirc Yorkshire has been impacted by this in the middle of the last century due to ease of movement over previously awkward terrain.

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Rich_G in reply to @hugo7

I heard a radio show about this a while ago one example they gave was arround oxford and the surrounding villages there as a distinct change of accent as you moved from west to east across the counties in a small area of about 20/miles. But now it's all changed to a similar accent.

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crossedthread in reply to @Rich_G

Old bloke I speak to occasionally (Oxfordshire’s Steventon) has a very distinct burr, almost Wiltshire in intonation
But definitely only very old folk round y’eer

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