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Flashcards in the accents Deck (9)
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1
Q

RP

A

closest to standard english

2
Q

Cockney

A
  • raised vocal sounds like ‘trap’ and ‘cat’

- glottal stops

3
Q

west country

A

-letter ‘r’ pronounced as a vowel

4
Q

geordie

A

-dipthong on ‘about’ pronounced ‘oot’ in strong accents

5
Q

midlands

A

syllables similar to Australian

6
Q

northern england

A
  • foot-stut merger

- e.g machester

7
Q

welsh english

A
  • non-rhetoric

- syllables evenly stressed

8
Q

Scottish englush

A
  • rhotic

- glottal stops

9
Q

british black englush

A
  • large groups of people from Carribean migrated to Britain after WW2
  • settled in citiies