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==Eetøøm==

The ''Eetøøm'' accent (''eetøøm'', lit. 'common mold', is an older word for 'standard') is an obsolete accent. It was similar to the Transatlantic accent, in that it was an artificial compromise between Fyxoomian and Skellan standard accents. It is the closest thing to a "posh" accent in the Skellan-speaking world; it was largely codified by one man, Llyméer Saiñ, as a standard for "international eloquent Skellan" and was learnt by actors in Fyxoom and Skella. Today the Eetøøm accent is associated with old movies~~. Eetøøm survives today in~~ classical singing~~, and for elevated sci-fi, historical fiction or fantasy characters in fiction such as gods, kings or superintelligent beings~~.

The ''Eetøøm'' accent (''eetøøm'', lit. 'common mold', is an older word for 'standard') is an obsolete accent. It was similar to the Transatlantic accent, in that it was an artificial compromise between Fyxoomian and Skellan standard accents. It is the closest thing to a "posh" accent in the Skellan-speaking world; it was largely codified by one man, Llyméer Saiñ, as a standard for "international eloquent Skellan" and was learnt by actors in Fyxoom and Skella. Today the Eetøøm accent is associated with old movies and classical singing.

The accent fully distinguished orthographic ''ñ'' and ''l'' (''l'' was always pronounced as a non-vocalized "dark L", [lʶ]), though the distinction was lost in coda position in the 1100s. (Saiñ considered nasal and pharyngealized vowels to be ugly features.)

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 ==Eetøøm==
-The ''Eetøøm'' accent (''eetøøm'', lit. 'common mold', is an older word for 'standard') is an obsolete accent. It was similar to the Transatlantic accent, in that it was an artificial compromise between Fyxoomian and Skellan standard accents. It is the closest thing to a "posh" accent in the Skellan-speaking world; it was largely codified by one man, Llyméer Saiñ, as a standard for "international eloquent Skellan" and was learnt by actors in Fyxoom and Skella. Today the Eetøøm accent is associated with old movies. Eetøøm survives today in classical singing, and for elevated sci-fi, historical fiction or fantasy characters in fiction such as gods, kings or superintelligent beings.
+The ''Eetøøm'' accent (''eetøøm'', lit. 'common mold', is an older word for 'standard') is an obsolete accent. It was similar to the Transatlantic accent, in that it was an artificial compromise between Fyxoomian and Skellan standard accents. It is the closest thing to a "posh" accent in the Skellan-speaking world; it was largely codified by one man, Llyméer Saiñ, as a standard for "international eloquent Skellan" and was learnt by actors in Fyxoom and Skella. Today the Eetøøm accent is associated with old movies and classical singing.
 The accent fully distinguished orthographic ''ñ'' and ''l'' (''l'' was always pronounced as a non-vocalized "dark L", [lʶ]), though the distinction was lost in coda position in the 1100s. (Saiñ considered nasal and pharyngealized vowels to be ugly features.)