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A time-traveler English timeline; English is an Indo-European language that is essentially the same as ours but evolved differently. (premise inspired by [[Verse:Lõis/English]]) | A time-traveler English timeline; English is an Indo-European language that is essentially the same as ours but evolved differently. (premise inspired by [[Verse:Lõis/English]]) | ||
==Accents== | |||
===A-Standard English=== | |||
A kind of "Transatlantic accent", inspired by Californian + Philly + Modern RP/Estuary. | |||
=====Vowels===== | |||
*orange = [ɒɹɪndʒ~ɔɹɪndʒ] | |||
*Mary [mɛəɹi] ≈ merry [mɛɹi] ≠ marry [maɹi] | |||
*Mirror-nearer distinction | |||
*Hurry-furry distinction | |||
*No mergers before /l/ | |||
=====Consonants===== | |||
*L is light [l] before vowels and dark [ɫ] otherwise, as in RP. | |||
**wholly-holy split. | |||
*Glottal reinforcement before voiceless stops. | |||
*/p t k/ are aspirated after stressed syllables as in RP. | |||
*wine-whine merger optional. | |||
*/r/ may be [ʋ] between vowels. | |||