Geordie Accent spreading as a result of Cheryl Cole

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1394577/More-Alreet-Geordie-spreading-north-prestige-Cheryl-Coles-accent.html

• According to research, the Geordie accent is spreading beyond its roots. 
  
• It is extending its reach across the north-east and into the north-west too because of the ‘prestige’ Newcastle is held in.
  
• He speculates that by 2030 Geordie could even have become one of ten regional accents that will dominate England.
  
• Other regional accents including Brummie and West Country are also said to be on the march as the hundreds of accents that once distinguished small towns and rural districts are gradually being subsumed into regional ‘super-accents’.
  
• The Newcastle influence can be felt more than ever before and there is evidence to suggest the accent is spreading north to Berwick and over to Cumbria.
  
  • The trend may be as a result of celebrities who make the accent popular.
    
  • Television has the ability to raise awareness of accents and they can slowly chip away at people’s consciousness and the odd thing starts slipping into their speech.
    
  • In inner cities the new dialect of ‘Jafaican’ continues to infiltrate the English language.