Scots dialects 'remaining distinct' say researchers

Scottish regional accents are keeping their distinct identity and not changing as quickly as many regional dialects in England.

Researchers from Glasgow University studied recordings of Glaswegians from the past one hundred years.

They found that Scots dialects were not becoming homogenised and diluted in the same way English accents have become.

Professor Jane Stuart-Smith carried out the three-year Sounds of the City phonetics research project.

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