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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===
====Vowels====
L-Standard English belongs in a continuum of accents.
 
Overview:
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====Quasi-Philly====
====L-Standard English====
====L-Standard English====
Californian + Modern RP/Estuary. Rhoticity in idiolectal or free variation.
Californian + Modern RP/Estuary. Rhoticity in idiolectal or free variation.
=====Vowels=====
=====Vowels=====
*KIT = ɪ~ɪ̈
*DRESS = ɛ̞
*TRAP = BATH = a
*PALM = ɑː
*FOOT = ɘ
*STRUT = ɜ̟~ɐ
*LOT = CLOTH = ɔ~ɒ
*THOUGHT = ɔː~ɒː
*FLEECE = iː~ɪj
*FACE = ɛɪ
*PRICE = aɪ~ɑɪ
*GOOSE = yː; uː before [ɫ]
*GOAT = əʊ~əʏ; oʊ before [ɫ]
*MOUTH = aʊ~æʊ~æʏ
*NEAR = ɪə(r)
*SQUARE = ɛə(r)
*NURSE = əː(r)~ɜː(r)
*START = ɑː(r)
*NORTH = FORCE* = POOR = oə(r)
*CURE = joə(r)~jəː(r)~jɜː(r)
*lettER = commA = ə(r)
*happY = i
*orange = [ɒɹɪndʒ~ɔɹɪndʒ]
*orange = [ɒɹɪndʒ~ɔɹɪndʒ]
*Mary [mɛəɹi] ≈ merry [mɛɹi] ≠ marry [maɹi]
*Mary [mɛəɹi] ≈ merry [mɛɹi] ≠ marry [maɹi]
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