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Englishuser Posted 20 years ago
Speech & Pronunciation
'Clipped vowels' in British English
Hello,
Do British English vowel sounds sound clipped to you? It is well-known that vowels in upper class British English tend to be subject to rough treatment. It'd be particularly interesting to hear what North American, South African, Australian and other non-British English-speaking people think about BrE vowels. Do you associate BBC-English, for instance, with clipped vowels?
Do British English vowel sounds sound clipped to you? It is well-known that vowels in upper class British English tend to be subject to rough treatment. It'd be particularly interesting to hear what North American, South African, Australian and other non-British English-speaking people think about BrE vowels. Do you associate BBC-English, for instance, with clipped vowels?
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What are clipped vowels?
- What are clipped vowels?
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Hi Alienvoord,
You asked:
You asked:
What are clipped vowels?When I was talking about 'clipped vowels' I meant that vowels are pronounced in a staccato fashion.
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EnglishuserWhen I was talking about 'clipped vowels' I meant that vowels are pronounced in a staccato fashion.Some British English speakers use a glottal stop instead of intervocalic "t", so "better" is pronounced [b???]. Is that what you mean?
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Since Scots, Welsh, and Irish have their own dialects
why don't you call British English : 'English English', or simply English ?
why don't you call British English : 'English English', or simply English ?
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