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This is the illusionist in which I, Helen Salzman, fire language, are to the canon. Coming

up in today's show, Accents. I'm asked very frequently to make episodes about Accents,

and I've always been reluctant, not because I think Accents are uninteresting, but for

reasons I'll try to explain later. Anyway, I was listening to the excellent podcast,

20,000 Herds, which is about sounds, and they had an episode about the evolution of Accents,

which I enjoyed very much and I thought was very interesting, and I'm pleased to say they've

allowed me to share it with you today. Alright, on with the evolution of Accents, from

20,000 Herds, hosted by Dallas Taylor.

My mom, may I present Massive Crawley and Mrs Crawley, my mother, Lady Greltham.

Oh yeah? Yeah? Yeah, is that useful to you? Oh, you're better, yeah.

Please, forget that you deserve it, Captain.

You, no, no, you're very good, you, no, you are very good.

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