Scellan/Accents: Difference between revisions
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===Windermere=== | ===Windermere=== | ||
[[Windermere]] accents are relatively weak as foreign accents go. Most accent features come from the fact that Skellan makes some contrasts not found in Windermere: | [[Windermere]] accents are relatively weak as foreign accents go. Most accent features come from the fact that Skellan makes some contrasts not found in Windermere: | ||
*Windermere speakers may have difficulty with some Skellan vowels, especially /œ ø~œy/, stressed /ə/ | *Windermere speakers may have difficulty with some Skellan vowels, especially /œ ø~œy/, stressed /ə/, diphthongs in closed syllables, and long vowels in some Skellan accents. | ||
*Voiced fricatives /v ð/ may be confused with /f θ/. | *Voiced fricatives /v ð/ may be confused with /f θ/. | ||
*/ç/ may be confused with /ʃ/ or /χ/. | */ç/ may be confused with /ʃ/ or /χ/. | ||