Accent and Dialect

Manchester
The above is a map of greater Manchester and it shows what different people within the qarea think of the accent anfd dialect around them. There are words used such as 'rough', 'posh', 'broad' etc. The way different people think of accents is intriguing as it shows what the area may be best known for.
Researchers say they weren’t so much interested in whether people knew where borough boundaries were, but which areas they thought were associated with different accents.
Stockport is seen as a place, where your voice, according to the study paints you as ‘soft’, ‘posh’ and ‘well-spoken’.
But towards the east, around Oldham, common words included ‘working-class’, ‘common’, ‘rough’ and ‘poor’.
It’s better news for those in Manchester City Centre. If you live in the heart of the region, your voice is more likely to come across as ‘artsy’ and ‘metropolitan’.
Accents there were also said to represent the city’s ‘diverse’ and ‘multicultural’ nature. South Manchester accents - and those around plush parts of Trafford - were thought to be more ‘standard’.
Towards Bury and Rochdale, accents were described as ‘broad’, ‘northern’, ‘common’, ‘country’ and ‘strong’. One example was Milnrow being pronounced as ‘Milnra’.
Accents Salford-way were described as ‘rough’ and ‘common’ but ‘strong’. The word ‘scally’ even came up.
A composite map from 62 people's efforts was created, with different areas showing where people thought major dialect areas were. Darker sections indicate accent ‘cores’. The most commonly used words are bigger on the map than those used less frequently.
Linguistics lecturer Dr Drummond said: “The findings suggest perceptions of accents and dialects are closely linked with social stereotypes about the people who speak them, and several of the words that were provided appear to be descriptions of people or areas rather than accents or dialects.”
They say various words that people more south wouldn't say in replacement of these words. 
Examples:
Southerners say dinner-northerners say supper/ tea
"                         " tea- "                         " brew

"                             "Aye- "                         " yes
Essex
There are many different ways in which the Essex accent is different to other regions, Ellison is used as they put together 2 different words and miss out letters between them. An example of this would be 'you sure you wanna go'. They've used wanna instead of want to, and 'you' has been missed out at the beginning of the sentence. This is a much more conversational tone and Essex accent in general is seen as 'common' and 'chavy'.  Stress is put on the last syllable of th word even if they are monosyllabic. Abreviations are used a lot for example 'OMG' instead of oh my God. This is standard English for thse people in Essex as its used in every day language just in a conversation. Words meanings have changed over time, for example the pragmatic of the word 'sick' is that someone is ill, unwell etc however people in essex have changed these words to mean different things (semantics) they use the word sick for saying something is good or amazing. Essex uis the neighboutring county to London therefore the Essex accent has been influenced by this. The Essex accent implies and has been used for stereotypes to imply that somoene is uneducated.

Cockney
This accent is mainly situated around London and Essex region and is estimated to be the second most popular accent in Britain. Features that appear a lot in the cockney accent and dialect is:

- Raised vowel in words like trap and cat so these sounds like “trep” and “cet.”
 

- Glottal Stopping: the letter t is pronounced with the back of the throat (glottis) in between vowels; for example ‘ better’(sounds to outsiders like “be’uh”).

- L-vocalization: The l at the end of words often becomes a vowel sound Hence pal can seem to sound like “pow.”

- The th in words like think or this is pronounced with a more forward consonant depending on the word: thing becomes “fing,” this becomes “dis,” and mother becomes “muhvah.”
      
The area is near to Essex so sometimes the way in which words are spoken sound similair, yet the accent is more strong and 'rough'. Like the essex accent, stress is particularly spoken on the syllables to make it sound like more of a certain word.