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19th century sound change in Kent
This page traces ten sound changes that completely changed the character of the regional accent spoken in 19th century Kent Rural locations and years of birth of the seven SED Kentish informants and H G Wells (each in bold italics), … Continue reading
Posted in Accents, Articulation, Consonants, Dialects, English, History, Kent, Pronunciation, rhoticity, RP, Uncategorized, Vowels
Tagged accents, consonants, dialects, Estuary English, Kent, rhoticity, RP, Southern British English, vowels
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Kent Accent in the 19th Century: BATH
Throughout the 19th century, and presumably back to the time of the TRAP-BATH split, the timbre of the BATH vowel in Kent had been a bright [aː]-like quality, roughly in the vacant central open position on an IPA vowel diagram … Continue reading
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Tagged accents, dialects, Estuary English, Kent, phonetics, phonology, pronunciation, Southern British English, speech acoustics, vowels
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Halfway to Estuary English: H G Wells
Biologist, author, journalist, H. G. Wells was born in Bromley (Kent, U.K.) in 1866, the youngest son of a professional cricketer and a domestic servant. I’d half expected to hear an example of Estuary English partially modified towards RP, but … Continue reading
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Said about Estuary English
This turned up the other day Estuary English – the pride of Kent Susie Rushton’s Notebook: The Independent, Tuesday 7 June 2011 http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/columnists/susie-rushton-estuary-english-ndash-the-pride-of-kent-2293831.html “Let me make my own declamation of regional pride. Estuary is also the accent of people who, … Continue reading
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Grandfather and Martha’s Vineyard
xxx Map of Martha’s Vineyard. Source: Labov (1963) Martha’s Vineyard is an island off the Massachusetts coast SW of Cape Cod, and a popular resort for Bostonians. The permanent population are famous in various ways. Until not so very long … Continue reading
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