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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: 大象传媒)

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