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====Ashkenazi Hebrew accent====
====Ashkenazi Hebrew accent====
Not a specifically Jewish accent; but when L-English Jews read Hebrew in it, it sounds just like the Ashkenazi accent. Source of "oy vey" (from ''oh woe'' /øɪ vøɪ/)
When L-English Jews read Hebrew in it, it sounds just like the Ashkenazi accent. Source of "oy vey" (from ''oh woe'' /øɪ vøɪ/)


This is not a specifically Jewish accent, and not all L-English Jews (or even all Ultra-Orthodox Jews) speak it; however, a sizeable community of Ultra-Orthodox Jews speaks this accent.
This is not a specifically Jewish accent, and not all L-English Jews (or even all Ultra-Orthodox Jews) speak it; however, a sizeable community of Ultra-Orthodox Jews speaks this accent.
*KIT = ɪ
 
*DRESS = ɛ
*TRAP = BATH = a
*PALM = ɑː
*FOOT = STRUT = ʏ
*LOT = CLOTH = THOUGHT = o
*FLEECE = iː
*FACE = ɛɪ~æɪ
*PRICE = ɑɪ~ɒɪ
*GOOSE = uː
*GOAT = CHOICE = oɪ~øʏ
*MOUTH = aʏ~aʊ
*NEAR = FLEECE + ʀ
*SQUARE = FACE + ʀ
*NURSE = əʀ
*START = TRAP + ʀ
*NORTH = LOT + ʀ (the "horse" vowel)
*FORCE = GOAT + ʀ (the "hoarse" vowel)
*POOR = GOOSE + ʀ
*CURE = juʀ
*lettER = əʀ
*commA = ə
*happY = i
*Mary [mɛɪʀi] ≠ merry [mɛʀi] ≠ marry [maʀi]
*mirror [mɪʀəʀ] ≠ nearer [niʀəʀ]
*hurry [hʏʀɪ] ≠ furry [fəʀɪ]
*/w/ = [v]
*/w/ = [v]
*/l/ is always light
*/l/ is always light
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[ol hu:mən bijənz əʀ boʀən fʀi: ən i:kwəl ɪn dɪgnɪti ən ʀɑɪts. ðɛɪ əʀ ɪndaʏd wið ʀi:zən ən konʃəns ən ʃʏd akt toʀds won ənʏðəʀ ɪn ə spɪʀɪt əv bʀʏðəχʏd]
[ol hu:mən bijənz əʀ boʀən fʀi: ən i:kwəl ɪn dɪgnɪti ən ʀɑɪts. ðɛɪ əʀ ɪndaʏd wið ʀi:zən ən konʃəns ən ʃʏd akt toʀds won ənʏðəʀ ɪn ə spɪʀɪt əv bʀʏðəχʏd]
The pronunciation of Hebrew words is similar to that in Yiddish:
*''Seder'' [ˈsɛɪdəʀ~ˈsɛɪdɛʀ]
*''Torah'' [ˈtoɪʀə~toɪˈʀo]
*''Shabbat'' [ʃaˈboθ̠~ˈʃabəθ̱]


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