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[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 22 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I think due to the internet being less of a thing, slang was a lot more localised.

We definitely got a bit of influence from London slang (I grew up outside London) that never made it up to my cousins in Lancashire, however they had a load of different slang I hadn't heard of.