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Some con-accents of English. | |||
==RhoTA (Rhotic Transatlantic)== | |||
VOWELS: | |||
KIT, DRESS as in GenAm/Modern RP. | |||
TRAP as in GenAm, but no tensing or raising before nasals. | |||
BATH as in RP. | |||
FOOT as in GenAm but slightly fronted. | |||
STRUT, LOT, CLOTH as in modern RP. | |||
THOUGHT as in Modern RP. | |||
FLEECE, FACE, GOOSE, CHOICE as in Modern RP. | |||
PRICE as in GenAm, with no Canadian raising. | |||
MOUTH as GenAm. | |||
GOAT as in RP. Do not front the offglide. | |||
NEAR, NORTH, FORCE, POOR, CURE as in Philadelphia. | |||
SQUARE, NURSE, START as in GenAm. | |||
LETTER, COMMA, HAPPY as in GenAm. | |||
MERGERS: | |||
orange as in RP. | |||
No Mary-merry-marry merger. | |||
No mirror-nearer merger. | |||
No hurry-furry merger. | |||
No cot-caught merger. | |||
Horse-hoarse merger. | |||
All 3 of fall, full, fool are distinct. | |||
Foal is pronounced as in Modern RP. | |||
LOT-CLOTH merger. | |||
wine-whine distinction optional. | |||
OTHER NOTES: | |||
/l/ is always dark but never vocalized. | |||
Intervocalic /t/ may be pronounced [t] or be flapped [ɾ]. | |||
Do not use glottal stops unless GenAm would do so. | |||
Tense and lax vowels are distinguished by length, as in RP. | |||