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The ''Eetøøm'' accent (''eetøøm'', lit. 'common mold', is an older word for 'standard') is an artificial compromise between Fyxoomian and Skellan standard accents. It is the closest thing to a "posh" accent in the Skellan-speaking world; it was largely codified by one man, Llyméer Saiñ, as a standard for "international eloquent Skellan" and was learnt by actors in Fyxoom and Skella. Today the Eetøøm accent is associated with old movies and classical singing.

The accent fully distinguished orthographic ''ñ'' and ''l'' (''l'' was always pronounced as a "clear L" [l] as in the Iasa accent), though the distinction ~~was lost~~ in coda position in the 1100s. (Saiñ considered ~~nasal~~ and ~~pharyngealized vowels~~ to be ugly features.)

The accent fully distinguished orthographic ''ñ'' and ''l'' (''l'' was always pronounced as a "clear L" [l] as in the Iasa accent), though most dialects lost the distinction in coda position in the 1100s. (Saiñ considered nasalization and pharyngealization to be ugly features.)

[ʔ] was used to resolve vowel hiatuses due to conscious [[Windermere]] influence: ''syém'' 'flag' was pronounced [sɨˈʔɛm] (whereas modern speakers tend to use [səˈɛm]).

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 The ''Eetøøm'' accent (''eetøøm'', lit. 'common mold', is an older word for 'standard') is an artificial compromise between Fyxoomian and Skellan standard accents. It is the closest thing to a "posh" accent in the Skellan-speaking world; it was largely codified by one man, Llyméer Saiñ, as a standard for "international eloquent Skellan" and was learnt by actors in Fyxoom and Skella. Today the Eetøøm accent is associated with old movies and classical singing.
-The accent fully distinguished orthographic ''ñ'' and ''l'' (''l'' was always pronounced as a "clear L" [l] as in the Iasa accent), though the distinction was lost in coda position in the 1100s. (Saiñ considered nasal and pharyngealized vowels to be ugly features.)
+The accent fully distinguished orthographic ''ñ'' and ''l'' (''l'' was always pronounced as a "clear L" [l] as in the Iasa accent), though most dialects lost the distinction in coda position in the 1100s. (Saiñ considered nasalization and pharyngealization to be ugly features.)
 [ʔ] was used to resolve vowel hiatuses due to conscious [[Windermere]] influence: ''syém'' 'flag' was pronounced [sɨˈʔɛm] (whereas modern speakers tend to use [səˈɛm]).