The results showed that regarding certain words in the female data there was an outright majority in the pronunciation, as everybody chose to say ‘book’ in the style of R.P, rather than with a strong Manchester accent. On the other hand, ‘cinema’ was said almost always with the regional accent rather than in R.P. This is an interesting observation, as it shows in the female group there was no outright result as to which accent was used when asked to read the sentences, it depended on the word. There was a similar result with the male speakers, that everyone said the word ‘book’ in R.P, and ‘cinema’ with a regional accent. Because the results for male and female were so similar, it questions Labov’s theory that women use more overt prestige than men.
The results showed that regarding certain words in the female data there was an outright majority in the pronunciation, as everybody chose to say ‘book’ in the style of R.P, rather than with a strong Manchester accent. On the other hand, ‘cinema’ was said almost always with the regional accent rather than in R.P. This is an interesting observation, as it shows in the female group there was no outright result as to which accent was used when asked to read the sentences, it depended on the word. There was a similar result with the male speakers, that everyone said the word ‘book’ in R.P, and ‘cinema’ with a regional accent. Because the results for male and female were so similar, it questions Labov’s theory that women use more overt prestige than men.
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