Verse:Irta/English: Difference between revisions
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Some con-accents of English. | Some con-accents of English. | ||
==Californian RP== | |||
==RhoTA (Rhotic Transatlantic)== | ==RhoTA (Rhotic Transatlantic)== | ||
VOWELS: | VOWELS: | ||
KIT, DRESS as in GenAm/Modern RP. | KIT, DRESS as in GenAm/Modern RP. | ||
TRAP as in GenAm, but no tensing or raising before nasals. | TRAP, BATH as in GenAm, but no tensing or raising before nasals. | ||
PALM as in GenAm. | |||
FOOT as in GenAm but slightly fronted. | FOOT as in GenAm but slightly fronted. | ||
STRUT, LOT, CLOTH as in modern RP. | STRUT, LOT, CLOTH as in modern RP. | ||
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OTHER NOTES: | OTHER NOTES: | ||
Loanwords with /a/ follow American English. Hence pasta = /pɑ:stə/, banana = /bənænə/, etc. | |||
/l/ is always dark but never vocalized. | /l/ is always dark but never vocalized. | ||
Intervocalic /t/ may be pronounced [t] or be flapped [ɾ]. | Intervocalic /t/ may be pronounced [t] or be flapped [ɾ]. | ||
Do not use glottal stops unless GenAm would do so. | Do not use glottal stops unless GenAm would do so. | ||
Tense and lax vowels are distinguished by length, as in RP. | Tense and lax vowels are distinguished by length, as in RP. | ||
water is pronounced /wɔ:tər/. | |||