Sample size of 193... Then using an unproven computer program to analyse vocal patterns.
this post was submitted on 28 Oct 2023
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Even putting such obvious flaws aside the title could just be "study shows that accents do what they've always done"
Not a great sample size init
This is just another study confirming what has been known for years. MLE is the multicultural expansion of cockney. Much of the accent survives, but has been modified by exposure to many cultures. Its been identified as the dominant native london accent foresomething like a decade.
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Yorkshire here. Get a train on the east coast mainline to Leeds (they're hourly) and increase your sample size to include Northern accents this improving the quality of your report from "being south of Watford".