Why do we see German and Roman characters speaking like they’re from London? The blame lies partly with film directors – and more broadly with British imperialism.
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Many people change their accent and vocabulary, depending on who they are talking to.
When you listen very closely, the Duchess of Sussex still sounds like she’s from Los Angeles.
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Lecturer in Sociolinguistics, Queen Mary University of London
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Professor of Phonetics, University of Reading
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Lecturer of Language Variation and Change, Lancaster University
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Lecturer in Sociophonetics, Lancaster University
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ARC DECRA Fellow in Screen Studies, Senior Lecturer in French Studies, Australian National University