The Mancunian Way: The north-force distinction
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Here's the Mancunian Way for today: We’re talking about a particular quirk of the Manchester accent in today’s newsletter. A researcher says the ‘north-force distinction’ is holding firm in the north of the city but disappearing elsewhere.
But why? We’ll also be delving deeper into that report into Rochdale Boroughwide Housing and picking up the interesting bits from an Angela Rayner and Dominic Raab-led PMQs.
Let’s begin. A major feature of the traditional Manc accent is still going strong in northern parts of the city, but is disappearing from people’s speech elsewhere.It’s long been thought that the north and south Manchester accents sound different.
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