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 Some accents and dialects of English used in Lõis.
+==L-Standard English==
+Californian + RP. Rhoticity in idiolectal or free variation.
+===Vowels===
+*KIT = ɪ~ɪ̈
+*DRESS = ɛ&#798;
+*TRAP = BATH = a
+*PALM = ɑː
+*FOOT = ɘ
+*STRUT = ɜ&#799;~ɐ
+*LOT = CLOTH = ɔ~ɒ
+*THOUGHT = ɔː~ɒː
+*FLEECE = iː~ɪj
+*FACE = eɪ
+*PRICE = aɪ~ɑɪ
+*GOOSE = yː; uː before [ɫ]
+*GOAT = əʊ~əʏ; oʊ before [ɫ]
+*MOUTH = aʊ~æʊ~æʏ
+*NEAR = ɪə(r)
+*SQUARE = ɛə(r)
+*NURSE = əː(r)~ɜː(r)
+*START = ɑː(r)
+*NORTH = FORCE = POOR = oə(r)
+*CURE = joə(r)~jəː(r)~jɜː(r)
+*lettER = commA = ə(r)
+*happY = i
+*orange = [ɒɹɪndʒ~ɔɹɪndʒ]
+*Mary = merry ≠ marry
+*Mirror-nearer distinction
+*Hurry-furry distinction
+*No mergers before /l/
+===Consonants===
+*L is light [l] before vowels and dark [ɫ] otherwise, as in RP.
+**wholly-holy split.
+*No glottal reinforcement before stops.
+*/p t k/ are unaspirated after stressed syllables as in AmE.
+*/d t/ has a tapped [ɾ] allophone in similar environments as in American English.
+*wine-whine merger optional.
+=="Ashkenazi Hebrew" accent==
+*KIT = ɪ
+*DRESS = ɛ
+*TRAP = BATH = a
+*PALM = ɑː
+*FOOT = STRUT = ʏ
+*LOT = CLOTH = THOUGHT = o
+*FLEECE = iː
+*FACE = ɛɪ~æɪ
+*PRICE = ɑɪ~ɒɪ
+*GOOSE = uː
+*GOAT = oɪ~oʏ
+*MOUTH = aʏ~aʊ
+*NEAR = iʀ
+*SQUARE = ɛɪʀ
+*NURSE = əʀ
+*START = aʀ
+*NORTH = oʀ
+*FORCE = oiʀ (the "or" in "Torah" is pronounced this way)
+*POOR = uʀ
+*CURE = juʀ
+*lettER = əʀ
+*commA = ə
+*happY = ɪ
+*Mary [mɛɪʀɪ] ≠ merry [mɛʀɪ] ≠ marry [maʀɪ]
+*mirror [mɪʀəʀ] ≠ nearer [niʀəʀ]
+*hurry [hʏʀɪ] ≠ furry [fəʀɪ]
+*/l/ is always light
+*/r/ = [ʀ~ʁ]
 ==Medh Chêl accent==
 *KIT = [i], FLEECE = [iː]
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 *NORTH = FORCE = [ɔɨ&#798;]
 *POOR = [uɨ&#798;]
-==L-Standard English==
-Californian + RP. Rhoticity in idiolectal or free variation.
-===Vowels===
-*KIT = ɪ~ɪ̈
-*DRESS = ɛ&#798;
-*TRAP = BATH = a
-*PALM = ɑː
-*FOOT = ɘ
-*STRUT = ɜ&#799;~ɐ
-*LOT = CLOTH = ɔ~ɒ
-*THOUGHT = ɔː~ɒː
-*FLEECE = iː~ɪj
-*FACE = eɪ
-*PRICE = aɪ~ɑɪ
-*GOOSE = yː; uː before [ɫ]
-*GOAT = əʊ~əʏ; oʊ before [ɫ]
-*MOUTH = aʊ~æʊ~æʏ
-*NEAR = ɪə(r)
-*SQUARE = ɛə(r)
-*NURSE = əː(r)~ɜː(r)
-*START = ɑː(r)
-*NORTH = FORCE = POOR = oə(r)
-*CURE = joə(r)~jəː(r)~jɜː(r)
-*lettER = commA = ə(r)
-*happY = i
-*orange = [ɒɹɪndʒ~ɔɹɪndʒ]
-*Mary = merry ≠ marry
-*Mirror-nearer distinction
-*Hurry-furry distinction
-*No mergers before /l/
-===Consonants===
-*L is light [l] before vowels and dark [ɫ] otherwise, as in RP.
-**wholly-holy split.
-*No glottal reinforcement before stops.
-*/p t k/ are unaspirated after stressed syllables as in AmE.
-*/d t/ has a tapped [ɾ] allophone in similar environments as in American English.
-*wine-whine merger optional.