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Is Britain becoming a nation of accent snobs? - 0 views

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Language Part 1 English Pronunciation Accents Class Discrimination

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Erica Buist: As an accent coach I increasingly hear from people sidelined because they sound foreign (Comment is Free, Guardian.com)

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Erica Buist: As an accent coach I increasingly hear from people sidelined because they sound foreign (Comment is Free, Guardian.com)

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28% of Britons feel discriminated against due to accent - 0 views

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Language Part 1 Accents Identity Bias Discrimination UK

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As part of a Tonight programme investigating whether social stigma and snobbery still exist towards regional accents, an exclusive poll reveals that more than a quarter of Britons feel they have been discriminated against because of the way they speak.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">As part of a Tonight programme investigating whether social stigma and snobbery still exist towards regional accents, an exclusive poll reveals that more than a quarter of Britons feel they have been discriminated against because of the way they speak.</div>

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You Tawkin' to New Yawk? Tracing the City's Mosaic of Accents - 1 views

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Language Identity Accents New York Part 1

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Wall Street Journal article about New York accents

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Accentuate the positive - 0 views

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Language Part 1 Accents UK Class Opinion

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If you want to help the white working class, try tackling your own prejudices about accents (Guardian opinion column)

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Speaking out for regional accents - 1 views

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Language Part 1 Accents Bias Discrimination UK

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Reaction to a prize-winning novelist who recommended that children be forced to take elocution lessons, to "wipe out" their accents (BBC News 1999)

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My Fair Lady - 3 views

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Language Accents Varieties of English

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video. My Fair Lady (based on the play Pymalion) looks at how we are judged by our accents and varieties of language.

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Bronx-born filmmaker shoots documentary exploring the NY accent - 1 views

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Language Identity Accents Part 1

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If these knishes could talk - first 10 minutes - 1 views

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Language Identity Accents

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First ten minutes of a film about the New York accent

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If these knishes could talk - 1 views

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Language Identity Accents

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A film about the New York accent will have its premiere on 16 May 2013. Some trailers and excerpts.

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David and Victoria Beckham 'getting posher', study finds - 2 views

www.bbc.co.uk/...uk-england-22179969

Language Identity Accents

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BBC article about the changing accents of the Beckhams

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Why was Cheryl Cole fired? - 0 views

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Language Part 1 Identity Accents

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Catherine Gee considers whether Cheryl Cole was fired from the US X Factor because of her strong Geordie (Newcastle) accent. (The Telegraph)

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International Dialects of English Archive - 0 views

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Language Part 1 Accents Dialects English Recording

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The International Dialects of English Archive was created in 1997 as the first online archive of primary-source recordings of English dialects and accents around the world (audio)

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Old Tongue by Jackie Kay - 0 views

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Language Part 1 Accents Identity Poetry Old Tongue

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Poem about losing her accent

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Rod McPhee: Accent prejudice isn't merely unkind it's self-defeating too - 1 views

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Language Part 1 Accents Identity Bias Discrimination UK

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To this day whenever I'm addressed by someone with crisp received pronunciation I still feel the instinctive need to tug my forelock and sink into a deep curtsy (opinion column)

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Do They Really Tawk Like That? Not Now - 1 views

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Language Identity Accents

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A new documentary examines the way that different immigrant groups adapted to speaking in New York City (NYT article)

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Why people change the way they speak - 5 views

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Language Identity Accents Part 1

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short clip from BBC Newsnight

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Jafaican it? No we're not - 3 views

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Language Identity Accents Language change Part 1

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Blog. Comedians might play the patois of multicultural Britain for laughs, but spoken English has been drawing on influences from other languages and dialects for centuries

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Overturning the Myth of Valley Girl Speak - 1 views

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Language Part 1 Identity Varieties of English Idiolect USA Accents Valley Girl

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Researchers at the University of California, San Diego, took a close look at today's uptalk, popularized during the 1980s as Valley Girl Speak.

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Rhyming slang is nang - 3 views

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Language Identity Idiolect Culture Part 1 Accents

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The old East End dialect is moving out to Essex, says one academic.

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Why Chaucer Said 'Ax' Instead Of 'Ask,' And Why Some Still Do - 0 views

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Language Part 1 Identity Accents Stereotype Language change Dialects

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The most common stereotype of black vernacular is the pronunciation of the word "ask" as "ax."

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Is Britain becoming a nation of accent snobs? - 0 views

28% of Britons feel discriminated against due to accent - 0 views

You Tawkin' to New Yawk? Tracing the City's Mosaic of Accents - 1 views

Accentuate the positive - 0 views

Speaking out for regional accents - 1 views

My Fair Lady - 3 views

Bronx-born filmmaker shoots documentary exploring the NY accent - 1 views

If these knishes could talk - first 10 minutes - 1 views

If these knishes could talk - 1 views

David and Victoria Beckham 'getting posher', study finds - 2 views

Why was Cheryl Cole fired? - 0 views

International Dialects of English Archive - 0 views

Old Tongue by Jackie Kay - 0 views

Rod McPhee: Accent prejudice isn't merely unkind it's self-defeating too - 1 views

Do They Really Tawk Like That? Not Now - 1 views

Why people change the way they speak - 5 views

Jafaican it? No we're not - 3 views

Overturning the Myth of Valley Girl Speak - 1 views

Rhyming slang is nang - 3 views

Why Chaucer Said 'Ax' Instead Of 'Ask,' And Why Some Still Do - 0 views

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