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London

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GOOSE (diphthongization)
FLEECE (diphthongization)
FACE/GOAT
PRICE
MOUTH
CHOICE

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Northern

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Strurt
BATH, many varieties have a front vowel or a long front vowel
FACE/GOAT

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Irish

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BATH, many varieties have a front vowel or a long front vowel
PALM/START (START-words have an R in the spelling, this is the only difference)
LOT
THOUGHT
FACE/GOAT

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Scottish

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GOOSE (diphthongization)
KIT: open
NURSE
FOOT
GOOSE (diphthongization)
FACE/GOAT

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Welsh

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Strut
BATH, many varieties have a front vowel or a long front vowel
PALM/START (START-words have an R in the spelling, this is the only difference)
FACE/GOAT
PRICE
MOUTH

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Southern

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KIT: breaking
Dress: (breaking, and before nasals we have a raising
Strut
BATH, many varieties have a front vowel or a long front vowel
Cloth
PRICE

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New York

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Trap: (diphthong)
BATH, many varieties have a front vowel or a long front vowel
PALM/START (START-words have an R in the spelling, this is the only difference)
Cloth
THOUGHT
NORTH (only difference from THOUGHT is that it has an R in the spelling

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AAVE

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KIT: breaking
Dress: (breaking, and before nasals we have a raising
Strut
BATH, many varieties have a front vowel or a long front vowel
Cloth
THOUGHT
PRICE

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Australia

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Dress: have raising
Trap: (raising)
BATH, many varieties have a front vowel or a long front vowel
PALM/START (START-words have an R in the spelling, this is the only difference)
GOOSE (diphthongization)
FLEECE (diphthongization)
FACE/GOAT
PRICE
MOUTH
CHOICE

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New Zealand

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KIT: (mid central)
Dress: have raising
Trap: (raising)
BATH, many varieties have a front vowel or a long front vowel
PALM/START (START-words have an R in the spelling, this is the only difference)
NURSE
GOOSE (diphthongization)
FLEECE (diphthongization)
FACE/GOAT
PRICE
MOUTH
CHOICE

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South African

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KIT: (mid central in some KIT words)
Dress: have raising
Trap: (raising)
BATH, many varieties have a front vowel or a long front vowel
PALM/START (START-words have an R in the spelling, this is the only difference)
PRICE

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Caribbean

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BATH, many varieties have a front vowel or a long front vowel
PALM/START (START-words have an R in the spelling, this is the only difference)
FACE/GOAT

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Inner circle Englishes

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Distribution of /r/, rhotic, non-rhotic, variably rhotic
Realisation of /t/, /l/, /th/
Realisation + distribution of vowels
feature + symbol + description
find examples in a text

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Outer circle Englishes

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Fewer vowels (Monophthongs in FACE and GOAT)
No dental fricativies
Consonant cluster reduction (elision: removing consonants, epenthesis: adding vowels)
Syllable-timing - often leads to spelling pronunciation. Full vowel quality in all syllables.
grammatical simplification
Underlying factors. England has played a role in many of these countries. The teaching is often focused on written English, which could lead to spelling pronunciation for example.

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