American Eng. features in the UK
00 I'd like to know if somewhere in the UK there are some features that can be found in American English. I'll try to describe some of the features I'm curious about, I hope you'll understand what I mean, because I won't use phonetic symbols and so my transcriptions won't be accurate. However, I hope you'll recognize the features I'm trying to describe: 02 br
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- 00 s + y = sh 01 i 00 (this year ----> this sheer) 02 i 02 li 01 li
- 00 t + y = ch 01 i 00 (but you -----> buh chyoo, don't you -----> don chyoo, can't you ---->can chyoo,...) 02 i 02 li 01 li
- 00 d + y ----> the 01 i 00 d 02 i 00 becomes 01 i 00 j 02 i 00 as in 01 i 00 junior 02 i 00 , in cases like: 01 i 00 did you, would you, could you,... 02 i 02 li 01 li
- 00 z sound + y = 01 i 00 s 02 i 00 as in 01 i 00 pleasure 02 i 00 01 i 00 (for example, the s in "as you know" sounds like the s in pleasure) 02 i 02 li 01 li
- 00 American "o" 01 i 00 (not, god, cop, top, shop, stop, shock... pronounced like in American English, where that "o" is a kind of "ah") 02 i 02 li 01 li
- 00 tapped t, some t's become slight d's 01 i 00 (put it away -----> puddid away, about it -----> aboudit) 02 i 02 li 01 li
- 00 the vowel in words like 01 i 00 "talk, walk, call, all" pronounced the American way 02 i 00 , where that vowel is more open. 02 li 01 li
- 00 the diphthong in words like 01 i 00 "no, so, low, owe", pronounced the American way. 02 i 02 li 02 ul
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02 br 02 br 00 >> American "o" (not, ***, cop, top, shop, stop, shock... 02 br 02 br 00 >> tapped t, some t's become slight d's (put it away -----> puddid away, about it -----> aboudit) << 02 br 02 br 00 In North American English they become flaps not d's. 02 br 02 br 00 >> the diphthong in words like "no, so, low, owe", pronounced the American way.
- 02 br 02 br 00 >> American "o" (not, ***, cop, top, shop, stop, shock...
- 02 br 02 br 00 >> tapped t, some t's become slight d's (put it away -----> puddid away, about it -----> aboudit) << 02 br 02 br 00 In North American English they become flaps not d's.
- 02 br 02 br 00 >> the diphthong in words like "no, so, low, owe", pronounced the American way.
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00 >> s + y = sh (this year ----> this sheer) << 02 br
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00 These two are actually not found in General American, especially the first one. 02 br
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00 >> American "o" (not, ***, cop, top, shop, stop, sho
001 cite 10 Marvin A. 12 cite 10 >> z sound + y = s as in pleasure (for example, the s in "as you know" sounds like the s in pleasure) << 12 br
10 >> s + y = sh (this year ----> this sheer) << 12 br
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10 These two are actually not found in General American, especially the first one. 12 br
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01 p00 It’s rather hard to work out quite what you are looking for here. 00 00 Some of these features – as Marvin A was pointing out – are not specifically American English pronunciation, but the allophonic variation that occurs in connected speech. 00 00 That is, the pronunciation of some sounds is influenced by the sounds around them becau
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10 The American pronunciation of “o” in your next example wouldn’t be found in any regional accent of British English that I can call to mind immediately, though there is considerable variation in the pronunciation of this sound – for example, in 11 12 10 , 1
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10 I've heard British singers who tap their t's, pronounce the o's in "not, ***, etc." like the "a" in "car", ect. Is that because they want to imitate an American Accent, then? Robbie Williams sings that way, he's British, so what kind of British accent does he have? 12 br
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001 span 00 Marvin’s right, but there is also a tendency / convention among British pop singers to deliberately adopt a more American pronunciation when singing – and conversely, some singers who very deliberately don’t Americanise their accents in song – for example, Lily Allen or The Streets. 02 span 02 p
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00 I've never heard Robbie Williams's natural accent, I've only heard the accent he uses in his songs. If those accent are different from each other, then he must be trying to Americanize his songs. And so it seems he's not the only one who tries to Americanize songs. 02 br
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001 cite 10 Kooyeen 12 cite 10 And so it seems he's not the only one who tries to Americanize songs. 12 br10 You're right, he isn't: Elton John is another good example of this hmm... phenomenon. 0-
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