This is an excellent book to dive into if you are at university studying politics, economics, history, sociology and even geography or just if you have an interest in these ideas. Manchester received a large number of immigrants during the Industrial Revolution, notably from Ireland, which apparently has affected the accent of the city creating a sound different to immediately neighbouring areas. Things are never how oft perceived, Allowed others to shape what you believe Beautiful, you should know me better than that. As I sat catching a breath, swearing at myself, trying my best not to look like a corpse to the jovial walkers in bright coloured coats saying hello as they passed, I noticed her for the first time, in total panorama: Mamucium.

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However, starting in September 2019, a team at Manchester Metropolitan University under Rob Drummond has been investigating accents, dialects and identities across Greater Manchester, with an "Accent Van" travelling around the area to interview residents.

This resulted in a focus on, and a veneration of, Manc culture and Manc celebrities to the detriment of others. Oasis had left Manchester by 1996, yet where are the stories of Mancunians that stood in their shadow?

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