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A London Accent from the 14th to the 21st Centuries
Simon Roper
Linguist Simon Roper reconstructs how a London accent would have sounded from the 14th to the 21st centuries, reading passages in period pronunciation. It draws on the Cambridge History of the English Language.
HN recommends it as a captivating, accessible tour of how English pronunciation changed, including the rise and fall of the rhotic r.
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