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*/œ/ = [ʊ]
*/œ/ = [ʊ]
*Many monophthongs lengthen or diphthongize allophonically:
*Many monophthongs lengthen or diphthongize allophonically:
**The Flian accent has a "trap-bath split" like RP, but its distribution is more like the phonemic tense-a system in Philadelphian English. Stressed /a/ is pronounced [ɑː] before /m n r f v s z θ ð/ in closed syllables or in final open syllables, and [æ] otherwise. Monosyllabic function words do not use tense [ɑː]. For example:
**The Flian accent has a "trap-bath split" like RP, but its distribution is more like the phonemic tense-a system in Philadelphian English. Stressed /a/ is pronounced [ɑː] before /mC nC r f v s z θ ð/ in closed syllables or in final open syllables, and [æ] otherwise. Monosyllabic function words do not use tense [ɑː]. For example:
***''am, glan, jamb, rrand, mand'' /ɑːm, kʀɑːn, jɑːmp, r̥ɑːnt, mɑːnt/ 'person, line, to whine, wall, to take'
***''jamb, rrand, mand'' [jɑːmp, r̥ɑːnt, mɑːnt] 'person, line, to whine, wall, to take'
***''saþ'' /saθ/ 'salty' is pronounced [sɑːθ], but ''baþa'' 'gun' is pronounced [pæθə].
***''saþ'' /saθ/ 'salty' is pronounced [sɑːθ], but ''baþa'' 'gun' is pronounced [pæθə].
***''syvŋá'' 'art' is pronounced [səvŋɑː]
***''syvŋá'' 'art' is pronounced [səvŋɑː]