Geoff Lindsay: "When you embarked on Accents of English, do you think that there was less interest in diverse accents than there is now [...] because of your book?" JC Wells: "Very possibly so, yes."
I'm officially creating two new awards: the International Award of Modesty, or Moddie, and the Award for British Understatement, or Undie obviously. Both go to Prof. Wells for 2026 unanimously.











