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People’s way of speaking about English port (10)

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I believe the answer is:

folkestone

'port' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'people's way of speaking about english' is the wordplay.
'people's' becomes 'folk's' (informal term for people).
'way of speaking' becomes 'tone' (I've seen this in another clue).
'about' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'english' becomes 'E' (abbreviation as in OED).
'folks'+'tone'='folkstone'
'folkstone' enclosing 'e' is 'FOLKESTONE'.

(Another definition for folkestone that I've seen is " Kentish port".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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