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Cockney creep puts paid to the patter
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Evening Times - Glasgow (UK)
Date: Mar 4, 2004
Start Page: 3
Text Word Count: 241
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WOULD you Adam and Eve it? The language of Chewin' the Fat has shot the craw and been replaced by the cockney twang of EastEnders.

Language experts have unveiled the results of an investigation to discover if TV soaps, such as EastEnders, are to blame for changes in the Scots accent.

Researchers from Glasgow University say 'Hullawrerr, China' has been replaced by 'Wotcher, mite?' as a cockney twang creeps into the accents of young people living in Glasgow.

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