fossilesque@mander.xyzM to Anthropology@mander.xyzEnglish · 8 months agoCockney and Queen's English have all but disappeared among young people – here's what's replaced themtheconversation.comexternal-linkmessage-square2fedilinkarrow-up142file-textcross-posted to: unitedkingdom@feddit.uk
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minus-squareRagnarokOnlinelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·8 months agoIn short: “estuary English” has replaced them. What is Estuary English? It’s cockney but less harsh… They only interviewed 193 people to analyze their accents, though. The title of the article is click-baity, but the article mentions some topics in linguistics that are actually interesting.
In short: “estuary English” has replaced them. What is Estuary English? It’s cockney but less harsh…
They only interviewed 193 people to analyze their accents, though.
The title of the article is click-baity, but the article mentions some topics in linguistics that are actually interesting.