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Re:When Did Americans Lose Their British Accents? by JonnieCache on Monday January 28, 2013 @06:37PM (#5131461)
Witness Ross Noble's stupendous sunderland accent: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nHg6hDiRQQ

Sunderland is about an hour away from newcastle.

EDIT: Oh gosh and there are some amazing clips from a local radio phone in show in norwich here: https://soundcloud.com/voices-of-norfolk/sets/radio-norfolk-...

This lady is particularly endearing: https://soundcloud.com/voices-of-norfolk/nancy?in=voices-of-...

Here's a recording of market traders in london with cockney accents, and some jamaican I think: https://soundcloud.com/london-sound-survey/brick-lane-market...

That soundcloud account is full of field recordings taken in london, lots have distinctive voices in them: https://soundcloud.com/london-sound-survey/wembley-cheapjack...

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Re:When Did Americans Lose Their British Accents? by laumars on Monday January 28, 2013 @06:54PM (#5131522)
I'd forgotten how random Ross Noble is.

    > Sunderland is about an hour away from newcastle.
Not even that. Newcastle and Middlesbrough are about an hour apart (just down the A19); Sunderland is less than half the distance away.
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