A change in accents and dialect?
As England is a small country many people who do not live here or haven't visited may believe in that classic stereotype of everyone sounding like they live in middle class London. When in actual fact we have an extremely diverse amount of different dialects, which are now growing with more accents being created at increasing rates by mixing several different accents together.
At this point in time there are a lot more ways for people to move around cities and countries on a regular basis, meaning other parts of the world's languages and accents are heard and remembered by travellers and they then come home and tell friends and family who then begin to use it, this is how it starts, soon after several groups start using a word or phrase and it becomes part of their dialect. The dialects of many cities are growing rapidly because of this and the fact that many places have such a diverse culture. It's not only travel which causes language diversity, the likes of social media, t.v, radio etc all have had a part to play in this dramatic increase.
There are many different types of dialects including Geographical dialect (Where the way you talk depends on your geographical location) and Social dialect (Where the way you speak depends on your class and/or the people you are surrounded by). The main dialects used throughout the UK include: Northern, Cheshire, Cumbrian, Geordie, Lancastrian, Mackem. Mancunian, Northumbrian, Pitmatic, Scouse, Smoggie, Yorkshire, East midlands, West midlands, Black country, Brummie, Potteries, Telford, East anglian, Norfolk, Suffolk, Southern, Received pronunciation, Higher received pronunciation, Cockney, Essaxon, Estuary, Kentish, Multi-cultural London, Sussex, West country, Anglo-cornish, Bristolian, Scottish English, Highland english,Welsh english, Cardiff, Gower, Ulster english, Belfast, Derry, South ulster, Manx english, Guernsey english, Jersey english. Each one of these is a unique way of using the English language, with these being mixed together with accents from other countries our way of communicating with each other becomes more diverse each day.
Bibliography:
http://webspace.ship.edu/cgboer/dialectsofenglish.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_dialects_of_the_English_language#United_Kingdom
Good opening paragraph and great choice of image - use it, don't just leave it hanging (a good caption and draw the audience's attention to it in the main text or a box-out).English always needs a capital letter. The long list would be off-putting to a reader - select from it and entertain by talking about false stereotypes or characters/celebrities who speak that way - examples are so important to bring articles to life.
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Good article with well rounded points of view, but maybe try to write in a more succinct manner and include some terminology.
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