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than to a distant area of Lancashire.

Ellis expressly excluded the Scouse dialect of Liverpool from the areas below, although his Area 22 included some sites in modern Merseyside (e.g. Newton-le-Willows, Prescot).

Ellis often spoke of "the Lancashire U" in his work. This was similar to the in other Northern and North Midland dialects but was actually a more centralised . In addition, the dialects he studied were all rhotic at the time of writing.

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