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We Wanna Talk Like Common People

Kirsten Sellars, 'We Wanna Talk Like Common People', Daily Telegraph (London), 21 June 1997, 15.

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Kirsten Sellars

Australian National University (ANU) - Coral Bell School of Asia-Pacific Affairs

Date Written: June 21, 1997

Abstract


'We Wanna Talk Like Common People' looks at the fashion in London for talking down, whether it’s 'Clapham Common' or 'Hackney Down'.

Keywords: linguistics, language, accent, social class, Estuary English, Received Pronunciation, London, United Kingdom

JEL Classification: N34, Z13

Suggested Citation

Sellars, Kirsten, We Wanna Talk Like Common People (June 21, 1997). Kirsten Sellars, 'We Wanna Talk Like Common People', Daily Telegraph (London), 21 June 1997, 15. , Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3407240

Kirsten Sellars (Contact Author)

Australian National University (ANU) - Coral Bell School of Asia-Pacific Affairs ( email )

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