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Queen's English

NPR
Published December 24, 2000 at 10:00 PM MST

NPR's David Kestenbaum reports on the Queen's English. Today Queen Elizabeth delivers her annual Christmas address and according to the journal, Nature, her accent is not what it used to be. Her vowels are closing and she's starting to sound a bit more like a commoner. It is unlikely that her accent will slip much further but whether the Queen's English will be retained for future generations is still unclear.

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