tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5458071334276688877.post451343771602173766..comments2023-07-06T06:03:42.275+02:00Comments on Alex's phonetic thoughts: Liʔle BriʔainAlex Rotatorihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15221253493502707131noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5458071334276688877.post-68182564000933753042010-10-11T11:26:21.502+02:002010-10-11T11:26:21.502+02:00Hi Max!
Thanks for becoming a member btw!
Let me ...Hi Max!<br />Thanks for becoming a member btw!<br /><br />Let me answer your questions:<br /><br />1) Vicky's accent retains the features typical of Bristolians. There are other characteristics which I haven't mentioned which indicate that a person may be more or less working class (although, as you know, there's always a lot of variation), e.g. h-dropping; greater use of glottal stops; /ð/ replaced by /d/ in initial position, as in 'this', 'the', etc.<br />...and I haven't mentioned any change in vowel qualities...<br /><br />2) By "liquids" I mean the phonemes /l/ and /r/.<br /><br />3) This is because you are looking at the spelling of 'little' and 'Britain'. If you think about how you pronounce them, you'll realise that it's not as you claim: one pronunciation of RP 'little' is [ˈlɪtl̩], and one pronunciation of RP 'Britain' is [ˈbrɪtn̩]. The consonant phonemes you can hear (and see) on the end of each word are called "syllabic consonants". These are consonants which can act as the nucleus of a syllable. In some sense, they are similar to vowels, which normally act as syllable nucleus.<br />As you may have read from one of the links I provided in my post, some speakers of RP today increasingly replace syllabic consonants in words like 'little', 'garden' by the sequence /ə/+ oral consonant, thus sounding "childish" to many speakers.Alex Rotatorihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15221253493502707131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5458071334276688877.post-46306055671165459832010-10-10T23:49:01.959+02:002010-10-10T23:49:01.959+02:00Great job, Alex!!!!!
I've 3 questions for you:...Great job, Alex!!!!!<br />I've 3 questions for you:<br />1) you said Vicky Pollard accent is "Bristolian"....a West Country accent, well i would like to know if this accent is a "normal Bristolian accent" or a working class one, 'cause you said she is a parody of chavs...<br />2) what do you mean when you say "Bristol liquids" ?<br />3) In the phrase Little Britain, the phoneme t can be replaced by glottal stop in Britain but not in Little.<br />Why? I thought beacuse in Britain T is followed by a vowel while in Little after the T thers's a consonant...well...2 another T and a L....but i'm sure i'm wrong...cause....you always say..."There's no rule".....<br />Thanks a lot.....<br />See you soon....Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02560988486841722071noreply@blogger.com