Proper Mancs live in city centre while south Manchester and Trafford residents sound 'posh', experts say
Residents from Levenshulme, Stretford and Moss Side are likely to sound 'posh', according to experts.
Wiganers were found to have a distinctive dialect all of their own, while those living in South Manchester, Trafford and Stockport are more likely to sound ‘posh’, the study found. Manchester Central Library will keep a permanent record of the project's findings and they have been uploaded to a dedicated Manchester Voices website, alongside analysis, poems, podcasts, a quiz and some historical archive recordings.
Dr Rob Drummond, lead researcher on Manchester Voices and reader in Sociolinguistics at MMU, said: “It’s been an absolute pleasure working on this project and learning so much about the voices and people of Greater Manchester. We are extremely proud of the resource in Central Library, and hope that people will use it for years to come to find out more about local language in the 2020s.”
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