The Lancashire accent is dying out and may be lost “in the next few generations”, researchers have warned. Known for its distinctive “strong r” sound at the end of some words, ...

Lancashire accent is dying out and could disappear ENTIRELY within 'the next few generations', study warns. The Lancashire accent is unique for its hard rhotic 'R' sound in words like 'car' ...

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THE Lancashire accent is dying out, researchers have warned. They fear it could be gone within “the next few generations” as younger folk are less likely to speak with the distinctive tone.

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There might not be long left to hear one of Britain's most distinctive accents. Celebrities like Eric Morecambe, Jane Horrocks, and Jim Bowen made the Lancashire accent famous, but scientists say ...

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Lancashire accent may be lost ‘in the next few generations’, study suggests. The ‘strong r’ is becoming rare among younger generations in the North West, researchers have found.

Lancashire accent may vanish 'in a few generations', study suggests. A "strong R" sound at the end of words such as purr, car, bird and her, known as rhoticity, is a linguistic quirk that is now ...

THE Lancashire accent is dying out, researchers have warned. They fear it could be gone within “the next few generations” as younger folk are less likely to speak with the distinctive tone.