I've always wondered why, when almost everyone in the UK speaks English, are there so many regional accent variations? I am not talking about regional words, but just the way people speak. What creates accents? It's obviously not genetic, so it must be environmental influences, but how did they originally start? I've always liked the image of someone influential in the area speaking in a certain way, and everone else copying them, but I don't think that can be correct! Basically why does someone from Birmingham speak the same language in a different accent to someone in Dorset?
2006-10-28
05:33:42
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lululaluau
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