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The ''Eetøøm'' accent (an older word for 'standard') is an obsolete accent. It was similar to the Transatlantic accent, in that it was 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, Llam Saiŋ, as a standard for international eloquent Skellan and was learnt by upper-class people and actors in Fyxoom and Skella but fell out of use in the Populist era. Today it survives in classical singing and for elevated sci-fi, historical fiction or fantasy characters in fiction such as gods, kings or superintelligent beings.

The accent fully distinguished orthographic ''ŋ'' and ''l'' (/l/ pronounced as velarized non-vocalized L), the distinction was lost in coda position in the 1100s. (Saiŋ considered nasal and pharyngealized vowels to be ugly features.)

The accent fully distinguished orthographic ''ŋ'' and ''l'' (/l/ pronounced as velarized non-vocalized L), though the distinction was lost in coda position in the 1100s. (Saiŋ considered nasal and pharyngealized vowels 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 [sɨˈɛm]).

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 The ''Eetøøm'' accent (an older word for 'standard') is an obsolete accent. It was similar to the Transatlantic accent, in that it was 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, Llam Saiŋ, as a standard for international eloquent Skellan and was learnt by upper-class people and actors in Fyxoom and Skella but fell out of use in the Populist era. Today it survives in classical singing and for elevated sci-fi, historical fiction or fantasy characters in fiction such as gods, kings or superintelligent beings.
-The accent fully distinguished orthographic ''ŋ'' and ''l'' (/l/ pronounced as velarized non-vocalized L), the distinction was lost in coda position in the 1100s. (Saiŋ considered nasal and pharyngealized vowels to be ugly features.)
+The accent fully distinguished orthographic ''ŋ'' and ''l'' (/l/ pronounced as velarized non-vocalized L), though the distinction was lost in coda position in the 1100s. (Saiŋ considered nasal and pharyngealized vowels 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 [sɨˈɛm]).