Arwel Parry wrote:
50 miles? Even in these more mobile days that's nothing. For some communities, real experts could locate a persons' accent down to a few streets.
I was amazed when I moved to Walthamstow (London E17). I heard accents from people obviously born here that sounded like NOTHING ON EARTH I'd ever heard before. The Australian accent is incredibly homogeneous by comparison.
- d.