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Stereotypes: pretentious; trying too hard to be literary or artsy; a certain type of liberal person known as ___
Stereotypes: pretentious; trying too hard to be literary or artsy; a certain type of liberal person known as ___


A Fyxoomian "hipster" sociolect based on the Lleeband accent but incorporating deliberate archaisms and Skellanisms. Detractors have called the accent "the modern Eetøøm".
A Fyxoomian "hipster" sociolect based on the Lleeband accent but incorporating deliberate archaisms and Skellanisms.
*/ai ui au ɛu iu ɛɪ œy ɔu iə yə uə/ = [aiː wiː auː euː juː əiː əɨː ouː jəː ɨəː wəː]
*/ai ui au ɛu iu ɛɪ œy ɔu iə yə uə/ = [aiː wiː auː euː juː əiː əɨː ouː jəː ɨəː wəː]
*/œ/-/ə/ merger: the merged /ə~œ/ is very low and back [ɒ].
*/œ/-/ə/ merger: the merged /ə~œ/ is very low and back [ɒ].
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*Long /ɛ œ ɔ/ are raised to [eə: øə: oə:].
*Long /ɛ œ ɔ/ are raised to [eə: øə: oə:].
*Raising of /a/ before /k/ or /h/ to [eə:].
*Raising of /a/ before /k/ or /h/ to [eə:].
*Creaky voice
*Initial hm, hn, hñ and m, n, ñ are distinct.
*Initial hm, hn, hñ and m, n, ñ are distinct.


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