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| *MOUTH = [ɑʊ] | | *MOUTH = [ɑʊ] |
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| ==Transatlantic accents== | | ===Californian Transatlantic accent=== |
| i.e. badly done RP accents
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| ===A Transatlantic accent===
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| 1940s Transatlantic + California vowel shift | | 1940s Transatlantic + California vowel shift |
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| wine-whine merger optional. | | wine-whine merger optional. |
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| ===RhoTA (Rhotic Trans-Atlantic)===
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| VOWELS:
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| KIT, DRESS as in GenAm/Modern RP.
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| TRAP, BATH as in GenAm, but no tensing or raising before nasals.
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| PALM as in GenAm.
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| FOOT as in GenAm but slightly fronted.
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| STRUT, LOT, CLOTH as in modern RP.
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| THOUGHT as in Modern RP.
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| FLEECE, FACE, GOOSE, CHOICE as in Modern RP.
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| PRICE as in GenAm, with no Canadian raising.
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| MOUTH as GenAm.
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| GOAT as in RP. Do not front the offglide.
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| NEAR, NORTH, FORCE, POOR, CURE as in Philadelphia.
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| SQUARE, NURSE, START as in GenAm.
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| LETTER, COMMA, HAPPY as in GenAm.
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| MERGERS:
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| orange as in RP.
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| No Mary-merry-marry merger.
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| No mirror-nearer merger.
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| No hurry-furry merger.
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| No cot-caught merger.
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| Horse-hoarse merger.
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| All 3 of fall, full, fool are distinct.
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| Foal is pronounced as in Modern RP.
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| LOT-CLOTH merger.
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| wine-whine distinction optional.
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| OTHER NOTES:
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| Loanwords with /a/ follow American English. Hence pasta = /pɑ:stə/, banana = /bənænə/, etc.
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| /l/ is always dark but never vocalized.
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| Intervocalic /t/ may be pronounced [t] or be glottalized [ʔ].
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| Do not use glottal stops unless GenAm would do so.
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| Tense and lax vowels are distinguished by length, as in RP. Glottal reinforcement optional.
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| water is pronounced /wɔ:tər/.
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