Northerners are apparently losing their accent for something more 'generic', according to new research.Northern accents are merging into one dialect - except for those from Liverpool and Newcastle, linguists believe.Experts at the University of Manchester instead suggest that a "new variety" is emerging in the cities of Leeds, Sheffield and Manchester.This is, they say, "general northern English" which apparently is used by younger, middle-class people.Dr Patrycja Strycharczuk and her team used machine learning to analyse speech patterns of people from major cities in the north.But found that the machine learners typically struggled to tell the difference between voices from Manchester, Leeds and Sheffield.Dr Patrycja Strycharczuk said: "I.
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