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::Plus, I think that many if not most RP speakers do think of {{IPA|/e/}}-{{IPA|/ɛː/}} as a short-long pair. The difference in quality is either rather small or simply nonexistent. [[User:Mr KEBAB|Mr KEBAB]] ([[User talk:Mr KEBAB|talk]]) 07:58, 9 November 2017 (UTC)
== "permissiveness towards" (regional varieties of English) ==
Since permissiveness is generally a negative term (as in "the permissive society"), I feel this should read "tolerance of" or (better still) "acceptance of". "Permissiveness towards" suggests that regional accents are essentially undesirable, and the whole point is that they are not.[[Special:Contributions/188.230.240.75|188.230.240.75]] ([[User talk:188.230.240.75|talk]]) 16:45, 9 January 2018 (UTC)
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