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BillyHD Posted 21 years ago
Linguistics Studies

RP vs. GA Pronunciation

Hi everybody!

What is the technical term for the phenomenon that the RP and GA pronunciation differ in words like "due", "enthusiasm" or "presume". I know that it's about the /ju:/ vs. /u:/ sound but I don't know the technical term for it.
Same problem for the GA pronunciation of the words "hot", "fought", "bought" and "wrought": Does anybody know the technical term for this pronunciation problem?

Thanks!
  

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I'm pretty sure you're not going to read this as you posted this 5 years ago. I think the answer you were looking for is 'yod dropping'. Sincerely,

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I'm pretty sure you're not going to read this as you posted this 5 years ago. I think the answer you were looking for is 'yod dropping'.

Sincerely,
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