Well, I'm from Preston originally but never really had a typical Prestonian accent but have/had a northern one - yes, it is bath not barth :) I'm considered well spoken but I think it is just because I tend to pick up a bit of the accent wherever I live (previously, other than Preston - Cambridge, LA, Chester) which at one point resulted in me having a fully fledged "American" accent after only living there for 7 months. It's weird but when I get nervous I still sometimes have an american twang on some words. I don't seem to have picked up any Manc probably b/c the people I knew around here weren't generally from the area.
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