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Is it scone as in gone or scone as in bone?
A new app to monitor England's speech patterns has found that regional dialects are dying out.
Researchers at the University of Cambridge say words and accents from London and the south-east are creeping into the language around the country.
Catriona Renton has been listening to the evidence.
(Image: A scone with cream and jam. Credit: 麻豆社)
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