Accents And Regions Flashcards
Describe the Scouse accent
Description:
Shaped by Irish and Welsh decendents
Features:
- dropped ‘g’ and ‘h’ at the end of words
- nasal quality
Describe the Brummie accent
Description:
Dialect hybrid of Northern, Midlands, Warwickshire. Shaped by Irish immigrants and the Black Country dialect.
Features:
- monotone
- Downward intonation
- Slow pace
- ‘I’ becomes ‘ay’
- Dropped ‘b’ at the beginning of words
Describe the cockney accent
Description:
Originated in the east end of London in the Middle Ages.
Features:
- raised vowels
- Non-rhoticity
- Trap-bath split
- Glottal Stopping
- L-vocalization
- Th-Fronting
Describe the Geordie accent
Description:
usually refers to both the people and dialect of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, in Northeast England.
Features:
- foot-strut merger
- Non-rhoticity
- ‘Au’ in about is pronounced as ‘oo’
Describe Received Pronunciation
Description:
The closest the United Kingdom has ever had to a “standard accent.” Originally related to the upper-classes in London and other areas of Southeast England, it is largely non-regional.
Features:
- Non-rhoticity
- Trap-bath split
- The vowels are more conservative than other accents from Southern English
Describe Estuary English
Description:
Estuary is an accent derived from London English which has achieved a status slightly similar to “General American” in the US.
Features
- L-vocalization
- Glottal stopping
- Non-rhoticity
Describe West Country (Southwest British)
Description:
West Country refers to a large swath of accents heard in the South of England
Features:
- Rhoticity
Describe Midlands English
Description:
Midlands English is one of the more stigmatized of Englishes
Features:
- The foot-strut merger
- Vowels pronounced similar to Australian English
Describe Northern England English
Description:
These are the accents and dialect spoken north of the midlands, in cities like Manchester, Leeds, and Liverpool.
Features
- The foot-stut merger
- Non-rhoticity
Describe Welsh English
Description:
Refers to the accents and dialects spoken in the country of Wales.
Features:
- modelled after Received Pronunciation
- Syllables arevery evenly
- The letter ‘r’ is often tapped.
Describe the Scottish English
Description:
This is the broad definition used to describe English as it is spoken in the country of Scotland.
Features:
- Rhotic, with tapped rs
- Glottal stopping
