Taking a tiny break from revision....

Wednesday, May 23, 2007 7:35 PM

.... to tell you all about what I've revised.

No, really, gonna see if I can do it from memory

*cough*

okay.

Trudgill (some date no one cares about) - A British accent can be pinpointed from the phonetic features in the sentence 'Very Few Cars Made It Up The Long Hill'

VERY -

If the final 'y' is pronounced:

/e/ - Manchester and Yorkshire
/I/ - Cumbria and Lancashire
/i:/ - Elsewhere (inc. Wales)

FEW -

If the 'ew' sound is pronounced:

/u:/ East Anglia and East Midlands
/ju:/ Elsewhere

CARS -

If the 'r' is pronounced:

'rhotic' South West, Lancashire, Scotland and Ireland. (point of interest, also, American)

'non rhotic' Elsewhere in UK

MADE -

If the 'a' is pronounced:

/ei/ Merseyside and the South
/ie/ Tyneside
/e:/ Rest of the North

UP

If the 'u' is pronounced:

/u/ - North
/^/ - South, Scotland, Ireland

LONG

If the 'ng' is pronounced:

/ng/ Lancashire, Merseyside, West Midlands
/n/ Elsewhere in UK

HILL

If the 'h' is retained:

/h/ East Anglia and North East

If the l is dark:

/l/ North East and Wales.


There, I feel better now. Not only can I do that from memory, but you've all had to suffer a little of what I'm going through.

MWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!


Mucho Love-o!

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