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Mancunian (/mænˈkjuːniən,mæŋ-/man-KEW-nee-ən, mang-), sometimes shortened to Manc, is the accent and dialect of English spoken in Manchester and some of the wider Greater Manchester area. It is also the name of a native or resident of Manchester. Described as "twangy"[1] and "euphonic",[2] it is sometimes regarded as one of the friendliest accents in the UK.[3]
In 2007, it was noted that Mancunian had apparently changed the way people from elsewhere in the UK talk through the spread of the city's popular culture, with Manchester accents being prominent in media via the characters of television shows such as Coronation Street and the members of rock bands such as Happy Mondays, New Order, Oasis, The Fall, and The Stone Roses.[4] In 2015, Manchester Metropolitan University produced an accent map of Greater Manchester which showed that the accents of Manchester and Salford were described as "diverse", "rough", and "common", while the word "scally" was also used as a description.[5]
A 2021 article in The Guardian stated, "Greater Manchester is only about 30 miles from east to west but it has long been famed for its linguistic diversity: the rich rolling Rs and extra long 'oos' of the northern mill towns where people looook in coook booooks are a world away from the nasal Mancunian drawl where your brother is 'ahh kid' and words which end in a 'Y' finish instead with an 'eh'."[6]
^"How to Master an Accent with Nic Redman".
^"The most euphonic languages in the world are named: On which place is Russian and Ukrainian?". 3 May 2019.
^"Manchester accent sounds best to your clients". 29 January 2013. Archived from the original on 29 September 2020.
^Qureshi, Yakub (8 September 2007). "We're all speaking Manc now!". Manchester Evening News. Archived from the original on 22 November 2016. Retrieved 18 December 2008.
^Fitzgerald, Todd (5 August 2015). "Scally or posh? Accent map shows what people think about the way YOU talk". Manchester Evening News. Archived from the original on 11 November 2020.
^"'Ya cheekeh monkeh': Recording Manchester accent diversity". TheGuardian.com. October 2021.
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