UK regional accents are 'dying out as kids pick up American phrases'

Regional English accents are dying out because children are picking up American phrases from TikTok, Netflix and Disney, an author has warned.

Nicola Chester, who has also worked as a school librarian, explained that she noticed it with her pupils adopting the accent 'prevalent' in TV and on the internet.

Writing in Countryfile Magazine, the author said: "Accents and dialect should always be a source of pride and friendly inquiry.

"But just when it seems we're embracing them, in train-station announcements or on the BBC, in a cultural shift from the empire-emanating Received Pronunciation of the King or Queen's English are they dying out?...

"From the advance of Estuary English, blending RP with Cockney-derived south-east London, regional accents are now being squeezed from another direction altogether.