Uploaded November 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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- J.K. Rowling and Cary Grant just to name two of the famous people who grew up in Bristol. In this video with Luke Nicholson from @ImproveYourAccent we will explore the Bristolian accent. This is part two of our tour of the accents of Britain. The other episodes will be released in the coming weeks.

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00:00 6 famous people
01:53 A bit of history
03:20 Stephen Merchant and the phonology of the Bristol accent
05:56 The intrusive L, pirates and more