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====Phonology==== | ====Phonology==== | ||
Philly + Boston; | Philly + Boston; It is meant to be RP in ways that the Pacific accent is not. Intonation is similar to American. | ||
*MOUTH is monophthongized to [ɶ̝ː], sometimes with a MOUTH-START merger to /aː~æː/. | *MOUTH is monophthongized to [ɶ̝ː], sometimes with a MOUTH-START merger to /aː~æː/. | ||
*-ing becomes -in' in casual speech; th-stopping to [t̪] and [d̪] | *-ing becomes -in' in casual speech; th-stopping to [t̪] and [d̪] | ||