Original sentence: Although it is ridiculed in Britain as 'Australian Questioning Intonation'  and blamed on the popularity of Australian soap operas among teenagers, HRT is also a feature of several UK regional dialects, particularly those of Bristol, East Anglia and Northern Ireland
Edited sentence: Although it is ridiculed in Britain as 'Australian Questioning Intonation'  and blamed on the popularity of Australian soap operas among teenagers, HRT is an authentic feature of several UK regional dialects, particularly those of Bristol, East Anglia and Northern Ireland.The belief that it was imported into the UK via Australian soap operas seems unlikely given that HRT seems increasingly common in the speech of younger Americans who have not had wide exposure to Australian soap operas