World Englishes Accents
by Kitty Heppenstrijdt
1. RP
2. Geordie
3. Irish
4. Scottish
5. Canadian
6. General American
7. Cockney
7.1. Feature 1: non-rothic (pronounce r only when a vowel comes after) Feature 2: FACE GOAT wider diphthongs (game, ago) Feature 3: FLEECE and GOOSE extended glides (freezer, cruiser) Feature 4: PRICE further back (like CHOICE) (night, miser, outside) Feature 5: TRAP closer (channel, action, gas) Feature 6: th fronting (mouthfull) Feature 7: h-dropping (hedge and edge sound the same) Feature 8: closer DRESS vowel Feature 9: Post vocalic /l/ is very dark (usual, terminal, wall) l sound more like an w (let > clear, tell > dark) Feature 10: glottalisation medial /t/ (underestimated, Aristotle, move it over) Feature 11: PALM in BATH
7.2. Feature 1: non-rothic (pronounce r only when a vowel comes after)
7.3. Feature 2: FACE GOAT wider diphthongs (game, ago)
7.4. Feature 3: FLEECE and GOOSE extended glides (freezer, cruiser)
7.5. Feature 4: PRICE further back (like CHOICE) (night, miser, outside)
7.6. Feature 5: TRAP closer (channel, action, gas)
7.7. Feature 6: th fronting (mouthfull)
7.8. Feature 7: h-dropping (hedge and edge sound the same)
7.9. Feature 8: closer DRESS vowel
7.10. Feature 9: Post vocalic /l/ is very dark (usual, terminal, wall) l sound more like an w (let > clear, tell > dark)
7.11. Feature 10: glottalisation medial /t/ (underestimated, Aristotle, move it over)
7.12. Feature 11: PALM in BATH
8. Scouse
9. Welsh