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Would you miss your accent if it was gone? Well scientists say regional accents could be dead in 50 years.

It means people in the West Midlands will say words like 'bath', 'glass' and 'pound' like counties in the south, so Sussex, Essex and Hampshire.

Are you proud of how you sound? Or do you cringe when you hear yourself?

Tanya Rich is an accent specialist and voice over artist from the Black Country and she told us why she's proud of her roots.