#ManchesterVoices in the wild(ish). Maya Dewhurst is looking at nasal vowels in Blackpool and Manchester, based on folk and literature associations between nasal quality and Manchester accents. #UKLVC15
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Beware the comer-inners:
"And there's a lot of Range Rover brigade, driving around with fancy reg plates. And then there's the people who don't like comer-inners as well. So I'm probably called a comer-inner, even though I've lived here for best part of twenty years!" (Oldham)
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"If I'm trying to get a job, I'll consider my words a lot more than I normally would. Or I'll consider my pronunciation a lot more than I normally would. But if I'm speaking with friends, then often times, I'll just let the plane fly, and see where it goes."
Max, Bury.
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Inter-borough accent rivalry:
"Wiganers used to laugh at way I spoke. I thought, they've got a cheek."
Noreen, Bury.
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"My name is Janet, and I'm old enough to know better, but young enough to do it again"
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'Mostly I was fetched up in Bury'
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