Compare two dialects of English side by side — where they're spoken, what they're called, and how they relate.
RP · BBC English · Standard Southern British
The traditional prestige accent of southern England. Long carried by national broadcasting and higher education, but no longer dominant in everyday British speech.
Southern Drawl
The dialects of the US South, characterised by the Southern Vowel Shift, the pin-pen merger, and a distinct lexical tradition.
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