>>The regional accents as they were are probably gone already. I have less of an ear for others than for my native West Riding, which has become very modified amongst younger adults and children. Dipthongs and southern vowels abound where they were never heard.
The Black Country accent seems very diluted now compared with that a chap from Cradley Heath I was in digs with 40 years ago. I expect much the same has happened with others.<<
This is exactly what I was getting at! - nothing to do with Devonite world, racism or just being white! - but as the multicultural population develops and increases, so does the language and the accents. In 50 years you cant expect a 2040 born person to sound like an 1890's rural farmer, which as stated in the article is where rural accents are best preserved.
T'wud (Cumbrian dialect) be like comparing a model T to today's Mondeo.
Red Squirrell syndrome covers all this with just 3 words !
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