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==Accents==
==Accents==
There are 4 to 5 main dialects of English.
There are 4 to 5 main dialects of English.
===The Philly-Estuary-Ashkenazi continuum===
===The "Philly-Estuary-Ashkenazi" continuum===
====Quasi-Flulfia====
====L-Standard English====
====L-Standard English====
Californian + RP. Rhoticity in idiolectal or free variation.
Californian + Modern RP/Estuary. Rhoticity in idiolectal or free variation.
=====Vowels=====
=====Vowels=====
*KIT = ɪ~ɪ̈
*KIT = ɪ~ɪ̈
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*''Torah'' [ˈtoɪʀə~toɪˈʀo]
*''Torah'' [ˈtoɪʀə~toɪˈʀo]
*''Shabbat'' [ʃaˈboθ̠~ˈʃabəθ̱]
*''Shabbat'' [ʃaˈboθ̠~ˈʃabəθ̱]
<!--==Medh Chêl accent==
*KIT = [i], FLEECE = [iː]
*DRESS = [e̞], SQUARE = [e̞ː]
*TRAP = [æ], [æː] in some words (with a split similar to bad-lad split)
*LOT = [ɑ], PALM = START = [ɑː]
*STRUT = [ɤ], THOUGHT = NORTH = FORCE = [oː]
*NURSE = [ø̞ː]
*FOOT = [u]
*GOOSE = [yː]
*GOAT = [ø̞y] / [ɶy]
*FACE = [ɛi]
*PRICE = [ɑɪ], MOUTH = [æo] (cultivated), [æø] (broad)
*NEAR = [ie], POOR = [uo]-->


===A rhotic accent===
===A rhotic accent===