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    • Marquettaundefined
      Marquetta
      last edited by admin

      The dialect spoken by many people from the South and South East of England, including parts of London, although cockney and Received [Pronounciation] ([the Queens] English) are far more common.
      Received Pronounciation can be heard in the same areas as [Estuary English], however [RP] tends to be spoken by the upper classes while Estuary English is spoken by the lower and working class.
      Estuary English is also far more common in Younger people, with parents who have RP. So [the decline] in RP is likely to continue and be replaced with [Estuary].
      Many features of the Estuary accent include:

      The broad A. This includes pronouncing words such as fast greater than farst and path greater than parth

      Regular [Glottal] stops - This is not pronouncing the letter T in most words. i.e water is pronounced warer.

      Th-Fronting - This is prouncing most words that start a Th with an F. i.e Three greater than free, think greater than fink and north greater than norf. If th is in the middle of a word, it is usually replaced with a V. i.e other greater than ovver southern greater than sovvern
      L-vocalisation - This is not pronouncing the letter L in certain words and tends to be ended with a w sound instead. i.e fall greater than faw and milk greater than miwk.

      H-Dropping - not pronouncing the letter H at the start of most words. i.e here greater than ere and hate greater than ate

      Gs are also not pronounced at the end of words. swimming greater than [swimmin]

      Other things are included in the accent other than just the [pronounciation]. This includes double negatives and finishing a lot of sentances with questions even ifthey are not asking a question. i.e I didnt mean to, did I? and we should shouldnt we?

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      • Sommerundefined
        Sommer
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        a type of English spoken in southeast England that is a mixture of standard English and London English

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