‘We won’t all be sounding the same,’ says researcher after comparison of extensive survey with findings from 70 years ago
Dialects from southern England are spreading, research has shown, but it isn’t all having your dinner at teatime: the north is also pushing back.
Researchers from the University of York, Lancaster University and New York University surveyed more than 14,000 native English speakers and compared how they speak today with findings from similar studies 70 years ago.
