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==Accents==
==Accents==
===Edna's native accent?===
===Edna's native accent?===
non-rhotic; Philly + Boston?
*non-rhotic
*Philly short-A system; lax A = [æ], SQUARE = tense A = [eə~ɛə]
*GOAT = [əʊ]; GOOSE = [üw]
*cot = [ɑ], caught = NORTH = FORCE = POOR = [oə~ɔə]
*START = [ä]
/aɪ/, /aʊ/, /eɪ/, /oɪ/ as in Boston but no canadian raising in /aʊ/
 
===The "Sephardi-Estuary-Ashkenazi" continuum===
===The "Sephardi-Estuary-Ashkenazi" continuum===
(Stolen from Lõis)
(Stolen from Lõis)