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| English in the AETHER timeline is an Indo-European language and has pretty much the same vocabulary and grammar as our English, but is a Riphic language, not a Germanic one. It is native to our Germany and Poland area, not the British Isles.
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| ==Etymologies==
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| *''leitmotif'': an opera which used a leitmotif for a character named Lait or Light? (it was an operatic version of Death Note)
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| *''karma'': a non-Earth Indo-Aryan language
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| *''mana'': from IA *manas
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| *''Parmesan'': unknown. A folk etymology derives it from a [[Cubrite]] woman's name (Parm Eshan?).
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| *German linguistic terminology: invented by Edna? The standard terms are:
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| **''affection'' not ''umlaut''
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| **''apophony'' not ''ablaut''
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| **''linguistic area'' not ''sprachbund''
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| **''lexical aspect'' not ''aktionsart''
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| **''case stacking'' not ''suffixaufnahme''
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| **''place of origin'' not ''urheimat''
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| ==Accents==
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| ===Brotherton===
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| Philly + Boston; should inspire Shalaian and Netagin. Should be RP in ways that the Standard accent is not
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| *(Ph) Philly L
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| *(~Ph, ~RP) Philly-style reinforcement on preconsonantal vowels, but specifically before voiceless consonants; i.e. generalized Canadain-raising-esque effects
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| *(B, RP) non-rhotic
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| *(Ph, B, RP) Few or no mergers before prevocalic /r/
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| *(Ph, B, ~RP) Philly short-A system; lax A = [æ], tense A = [eə~ɛə]
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| *(Ph, RP) GOAT = [əʊ]; GOOSE = [üw]
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| *(Ph, ~RP) LOT = [ɑ], THOUGHT = NORTH = FORCE = POOR = [oə~ɔə]
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| *(B, ~RP) START = [ä]
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| *SQUARE (= tense A) = [eə~ɛə]
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| *NEAR = [iə~ɪə]
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| *NURSE = [ə:]
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| */aɪ/, /aʊ/, /eɪ/, /oɪ/ = [aɪ], [aʊ], [eɪ], [oɪ]
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| *wine-whine merger (optional in Standard)
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| ===A-Standard===
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| Partly stolen from Lõis
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| ====Overview====
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| {| class="bluetable lightbluebg" style=""
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| ! colspan="5" | Vowels
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| ! style="width: 100px;" | Feature !!style="width: 250px;" | Standard !! style="width: 250px;" | Brotherton
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| ! KIT
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| | ɪ~ɪ̈ ||
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| ! DRESS
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| | ɛ ||
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| ! TRAP
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| | a ||
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| ! BATH (the BATH lexical set is same as RP)
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| | aː~æː ||
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| ! LOT
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| | ɔ~ɒ ||
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| ! STRUT
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| | ɜ̟~ɐ ||
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| ! FOOT
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| | ʊ̈~ɘ ||
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| ! FLEECE
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| | ɪj~iː ||
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| ! FACE
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| | ɛɪ ||
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| ! PRICE
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| | ɑɪ ||
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| ! CHOICE
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| | oɪ ||
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| ! MOUTH
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| | æʊ || aʊ
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| ! GOAT
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| | ə̟ʊ~əʊ~əʏ~ʌʏ, ɔʊ~ɒʊ before [ɫ]
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| |-
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| ! GOOSE
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| | üw, uː before [ɫ] ||
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| ! PALM
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| | ɑː ||
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| ! THOUGHT
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| | ɔː~ɒː ||
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| ! NEAR
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| | ɪɚ~ɪə ||
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| ! SQUARE
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| | ɛɚ~ɛə ||
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| ! NURSE
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| | ɚː~əː ||
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| ! START
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| | ɑɚ~ɑː ||
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| ! NORTH
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| | oɚ~oə ||
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| ! FORCE
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| | oɚ~oə ||
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| ! POOR
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| | uɚ~uə ||
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| ! CURE
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| | juɚ~jɚː~juə~jəː ||
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| ! commA
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| | ə ||
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| ! lettER
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| | ɚ~ə ||
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| ! happY
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| | iː~ɪj ||
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| ! colspan="5" | Other phenomena
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| ! style="width: 100px;" | Feature !! style="width: 250px;" | L-Standard !! style="width: 250px;" | Brotherton
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| ! Rhoticity
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| | Freely varies || Nonrhotic with intrusive R
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| ! Dark L
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| | Only when non-prevocalic || Always, often vocalizing
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| ! /θ ð/
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| | [θ ð] || Often [t̪ d̪]
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| ! Aspiration of voiceless stops and t/d-tapping
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| | As in BrE but no glottal reinforcement || As in AmE
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| |}
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| ====Western accent====
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| This is the "Western English" accent. When [[L-Hebrew|Hebrew]] is read in this accent, it sounds like Israeli Hebrew with an American accent. It still has some non-Sephardi features, e.g. tsere = FACE = [eɪ] is distinct from segol = DRESS = [ɛ].
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| The intonation is stereotypical American/Valley Girl.
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| ====L-Philadelphian====
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| This accent is spoken in both the city of Alaşehir in Turkey (or as locals call it, "Flulfia"), and in Philadelphia, PA (called "New Philadelphia"). It's a non-rhotic version of our Philly accent; r-intrusion is used, as in our New York accent.
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| */l/ is always dark [ɫ] and often vocalizes to a uvularized, pharyngealized or nasalized [ɰ].
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| *A 3-way distinction of Mary [meəɹi], merry [mɛɹi~mɤɹi], marry [mæɹi], unlike Standard English
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| *hurry [hɤɹi], furry [fəːɹi]
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| *orange [ɒɹɪndʒ]
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| *mirror [mɪɹə(ɹ)] != nearer [niəɹə(ɹ)]
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| */iːg/ > /ɪg/, /eɪg/ > /ɛg/ in many words
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| */θ ð/ are commonly [t̪ d̪].
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| *Philadelphian A-tensing system reminiscent of trap-bath split
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| A characteristic feature is ''reinforcement'' for certain vowels or diphthongs before consonants, which changes the pronunciation of the vowel:
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| *The nucleus is shortened.
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| *When the consonant is voiced, the offglide is lengthened: ''fame'' [fɪiːm]
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| *When the consonant is voiceless, the consonant is lengthened: ''face'' [fɪjsː]
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| ====L-Standard English====
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| Often called the "Newton accent". Also a standard for [[L-Hebrew|English Hebrew]].
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| A kind of "Transatlantic accent", inspired by Californian + Philadelphia + Modern RP/Estuary.
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| Intonation is mostly American + my own weird intonation (my intonation basically)
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| =====Vowels=====
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| *orange = [oːɹəndʒ]
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| *Mary-merry-marry merger
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| *Mirror-nearer merger
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| *Hurry-furry merger
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| *No mergers before /l/
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| *No trap-bath split
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| =====Consonants=====
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| *L is light [l] before vowels and dark [ɫ] otherwise, as in RP.
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| **wholly-holy split.
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| *No glottal reinforcement before stops.
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| */p t k/ are unaspirated after stressed syllables as in AmE.
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| */d t/ has a tapped [ɾ] allophone in similar environments as in American English.
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| *wine-whine merger optional.
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| */r/ may be [ʋ] between vowels.
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| ====Eastern accent====
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| "Poylish" accent?
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