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Today at 60: How have accents changed?
Does the way you pronounce 'Bath' make you posh?
What have been the biggest changes in our country over the past 60 years?
We're marking Today's sixtieth anniversary by looking at some of them, including the way we speak. John Humphrys speaks to Jonnie Robinson, the British Library's sound archive curator and Jacob Rees-Mogg, Conservative MP, to reflect on how the British accent has evolved and whether saying 'bath' like 'barth' makes you posh.
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