and Southampton, the older rhotic accent can still be heard amongst some speakers, for example by John Arlott, Lord Denning and Reg Presley. Since the 1960s, particularly in Andover and Basingstoke, the local accent has changed reflecting the arrival of East Londoners relocated by London County Council. It can be argued that Hampshire is a borderline county moving East, linguistically. "Estuary-isms" can be found in Portsmouth or "Pompey" English, some of which may actually originate from Portsmouth rather than London. West Country English South West England or "West Country" English is a family of similar strongly rhotic accents, now perceived as rural. It originally extended an even larger region, across much of South East England, including an area south of the "broad A" isogloss, but the modern West Country dialects are now most often classified west of a line roughly from Shropshire via Oxfordshire. Their shared characteristics have been caricatured as Mummerset. They persist most strongly in areas that remain largely rural with a largely indigenous population, particularly the West Country. In many other areas they are declining because of RP and Estuary accents moving to the area; for instance, strong Isle of Wight accents tend to be more prevalent in older speakers. As well as rhoticity, here are common features of West County accents: The diphthong (as in price) realised as or , sounding more like the diphthong in Received Pronunciation choice. The diphthong (as in mouth) realised as , with a starting point close to the vowel in Received Pronunciation dress. The vowel (as in lot) realised as an unrounded vowel , as in many forms of American English. In traditional West Country accents, the voiceless fricatives (as in sat, farm, think, shed respectively) are often voiced to , giving pronunciations like "Zummerzet" for Somerset, "varm" for farm, "zhure" for sure, etc. In the Bristol area a vowel at the end of a word is often followed by an intrusive dark l, . Hence the old joke about the three Bristolian sisters Evil, Idle, and Normal (written Eva, Ida, and Norma). L is pronounced darkly where it is present, too, which means that in Bristolian rendering, 'idea' and 'ideal' are homophones. H-dropping in South Devon and Cornwall, "Berry 'Aid" for Berry Head (in Brixham, South Devon) In traditional Southern rural accents, the voiceless fricatives always remain voiceless, which is the main difference from West Country accents. East Anglian