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Here are some other accents you may have heard of. Estuary is a widely-spoken accent, originating in the area around the River Thames. The Estuary accent is somewhere between RP and Cockney. Its pronunciation is very close to Standard English with some Cockney’s feature like the glottal ‘T’ sound. For instance, ‘water’ is pronounced ‘wo-er’. Click here to listen to Jamie Oliver’s Estuary accent. https://youtu.be/wlK_Q7Torlg