COCKNEY ACCENT BANNED
LONDON, March 27,
A studied effort is being made to stamp out the "cockney" accent ill London schools.
Phonographs and records have been installed in every school to teach pupils correct diction, and the cockney teacher almost is a thing of the past.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 106, 7 May 1935, Page 17
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