"English is always found at the top of the pyramid, whereas home languages are rarely given any value – unless, of course, they happen to be one of the prestigious western European languages like French[, ]German or Spanish."
Great article @pkaratsareas!https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/fragile-future-cypriot-greek-language-uk …
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"[In] Cyprus, Standard Greek [is] the official language, the high variety used in education, administration, and formal media. Cypriot Greek, the local vernacular, is the low variety that is [...] as a first language, but which is only [acceptable for] everyday communication."
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We were corrected in school every time we used Lancashire dialect, which is weird because in some ways it was closer to Shakespeare, with Old Norse mixed in. Almost gone now, as TV standardized English much more. Coronation Street accents are much weaker than the first episodes
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Yeah, my dad dropped his Yorkshire accent completely before he even moved to London and I lost my accent too... both of us purposefully... 
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