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  1. A way of speaking that identifies a person
  2. with a particular country, region, language,
  3. social class, linguistic style, or some
  4. mixture of these. People often describe only
  5. those who belong to groups other than their
  6. own as having accents and use them as a means
  7. of establishing a broader identity; for
  8. example, an Irish brogue, a Southern accent.
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  10. Subject by: Russell Webb
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