the production of [o] is monophthongal, low, and further back in articulation compared to the Anglo-SSE variant.

It has been observed that between the two varieties, Anglo-SSE speakers display the strongest evidence of convergence to the other group. Language convergence reflects a speaker's intention to gain social approval by reducing the social distance between themselves and their interlocutor. However, this does not always entail upward social convergence. Downward convergence occurs