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Experts predict technology will cause our accents to merge over the next 50 years and could lead to the loss of the distinctive sounds from places like Birmingham and Glasgow.

Dr Dominic Watt is a co-author of the report and explained why the variety of accents will reduce.

To celebrate our current diversity 麻豆社 Radio Merseyside's Sean Styles, 麻豆社 Bristol's Sacha Bigwood, 麻豆社 Scotland's Steven Duff and Look East's Robby West read the opening of A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens.

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