Editing Regional accents of English (section)

====Southern England====
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There are considerable variations within the accents of English across England, one of the most obvious being the [[trap–bath split]] of the southern half of the country.

Two main sets of accents are spoken in the [[West Country]], namely [[Cornish dialect|Cornish]] and [[West Country dialects|West Country]], spoken primarily in the counties of [[Devon]], [[Somerset]], [[Gloucestershire]], [[Bristol]], [[Dorset]] (not as common in Dorset), and [[Wiltshire]] (again, less common in eastern Wiltshire). A range of variations can be heard within different parts of the West Country: The [[Bristolian dialect]] is distinctive from the accent heard in [[Gloucestershire]] (especially south of [[Cheltenham]]), for example.

The [[Cornwall|Cornish]] accent has an east–west variation, with the east of the county having influences from West Country English and the west of the county having direct influences from the [[Cornish language]].

There is great variation within Greater [[London]], with various accents such as [[Cockney]], [[Estuary English]], [[Multicultural London English]], and [[Received Pronunciation]] being found all throughout the region and the [[Home Counties]].

Other accents are those of
* the [[East Midlands English|East Midlands]] ([[Derby]], [[Leicester]] and [[Rutland]], [[Lincoln, England|Lincoln]], [[Northampton]], and [[Nottingham]])
* [[East Anglian English|East Anglia]] ([[Norfolk]], [[Suffolk]], and [[Cambridgeshire]]) 
* the [[Home Counties]] (typically [[Buckinghamshire]], [[Essex]], [[Hertfordshire]], [[Berkshire]], [[Surrey]], [[Sussex]], [[Kent]], and [[Hampshire]]). The [[Essex]] accent has an east–west variation, with the county's west having Estuary English speech features and the county's east having the traditional [[Essex dialect|Essaxon]]/[[East Anglian English|East Anglian]] features.
* A range of accents are spoken in the [[West Midlands English|West Midlands]] (in the major towns and conurbations ([[The Black Country]], [[Birmingham]], [[Coventry]], [[Stoke-on-Trent]] (considered by many to have tones of [[scouse]]), and [[Wolverhampton]]) and in rural areas (such as in Herefordshire and south Worcestershire).

In February 2019, the ''[[The New York Times|New York Times]]'' published a quiz that maps the geographical differences between British and Irish dialects.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/02/15/upshot/british-irish-dialect-quiz.html|title=The British-Irish Dialect Quiz|last=Katz|first=Josh|date=2019-02-15|work=The New York Times|access-date=2019-02-20|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>