Findings show traditional accents will die out within 50 years
By 2066, we will be mehking terst with buhtuh.
Research released today (29th September) has revealed that regional accents are changing, and within 50 years, they might die out all together.
Dr Dominic Watt, a sociolinguistics expert from the University of York, has also said that the keyboard will become obsolete, as speech becomes our primary way of interacting with machines.
According to Dr Watt, new urban accents will develop in coming years, with words such as 'top' becoming more like 'toff' in Liverpool, and 'work' becoming 'wairk' in Newcastle.
There is already a new dialect that has been created called Multicultural London English, which incorporates a number of pronunciations from ethnic minority groups such as Caribbean, West African and Asian communities.
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Below are some words and how researchers think their pronunciation will change over the next 50 years.
London Now 2066 Think Fink Beauty Booty Cute Coot Mother Muvver Red Wed Trees Cheese Liverpool Now 2066 C-a-khe Ch-ahhche (emphasising the ‘–ch’) sound Faav (five) Faayv Mat Mass Top Toff Newcastle Now 2066 Mee-uhk (make) Mehk Boo’ttah (butter) buhtuh Toast Terst Work Wairk Birmingham Now 2066 Sing-guh (singer) singuh Aom (home) haom Proice (price) praayce Yow (you) yoo Manchester Now 2066 Manchestohr (Manchester) Manchestuh Aapeh (happy) happee Mat Mass Top Toff Toast Terst Glasgow Now 2066 Hurt Hut Paul Paw Stane (stone) Stone Gless (glass) Glass Fit (foot) Foot The ‘Sounds of the Future’ report has been commissioned to support the launch of HSBC’s new voice ID, which is currently being rolled out to 15 million users.
What do you reckon? Will trees have evolved into cheese by 2066?