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Ultrasound catches a disappearing English ‘r’ in the act

Frosty rooftops of terraced houses in Blackburn, Lancashire, with hills behind

Linguists have used ultrasound, the same technology used to scan babies in the womb, to watch a centuries-old change in English pronunciation happening inside people’s mouths. Researchers at Lancaster University in England studied speakers from Blackburn, Lancashire, one of the

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