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Cockney / Estuary

The working-class London accent and the softer Estuary version most of the south-east now speaks. Non-rhotic, th becomes f and v, t between vowels becomes a glottal stop, h drops at the start of a word, and l at the end of a syllable turns into a vowel. The diphthongs shift the same way as Australian — which is not a coincidence, since Australia was settled from here.

Où: London and the Thames estuary

La porte d’entrée: 'A bottle of water' with no t's: ə bɒʔʊ ə wɔːʔə.

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Cockney / Estuary

Les règles déclenchées

h disappears at the start of a word

Mélodie et rythme

Fast, with a strong fall on the last stress and everything before it squeezed. A rising tag — 'innit' — on most statements.

Ce qui bouge, règle par règle

Dans l’ordre où la bouche les applique. Chaque avant/après est écoutable — cliquez sur l’API. Le motif est la règle telle que le moteur l’exécute, pour les curieux.

Consonnes

R disappears after a vowel

([iɪyʏeɛøœəɐæaɑɒɔoʊuʌɤɵɚɨɯ][ː̃]?)ɹ(?![iɪyʏeɛøœəɐæaɑɒɔoʊuʌɤɵɚɨɯ]| [iɪyʏeɛøœəɐæaɑɒɔoʊuʌɤɵɚɨɯ]) → $1

Quand: after a vowel, when no vowel follows

Comment: Do not curl the tongue. Let the vowel end.

Mot	Référence	Accent
car
hard			the h goes too
water			and the t becomes a glottal stop

th becomes f and v

θ → f

Comment: Top teeth on bottom lip instead of on the tongue.

Th-fronting. The lips do what the tongue used to. It is spreading fast through the whole of England.

Mot	Référence	Accent
think
bath
three

…and the voiced th becomes v

ð → v

Quand: the voiced th, mid-word; at the start of 'the' and 'this' it usually stays

Mot	Référence	Accent
brother
mother

t becomes a glottal stop

([iɪyʏeɛøœəɐæaɑɒɔoʊuʌɤɵɚɨɯ][ː̃]?)t(?=[iɪyʏeɛøœəɐæaɑɒɔoʊuʌɤɵɚɨɯ]|l|$| ) → $1ʔ

Quand: after a vowel — before another vowel, before a syllabic l, or at the end

Comment: Close the vocal cords for an instant — the catch in 'uh-oh'. The tongue does nothing.

T-glottaling. The stop is made in the throat instead of with the tongue. 'Bottle of water' has no t in it at all.

Mot	Référence	Accent
water
butter
bit
bottle			and the l becomes a vowel — the whole word has no t and no l left

h disappears at the start of a word

(^| )h → $1

Comment: Simply start from the vowel.

H-dropping, the feature English schools spent a century trying to stamp out and failed.

Mot	Référence	Accent
house
hard
home

l at the end of a syllable becomes a vowel

l(?=[pbtdkɡqʔmnɲŋɴfvθðszʃʒɕʂʐçxχɣʁħʕhβʝlʎɹrɾjwɥʈɖɳɽʋɦ]|$| ) → ʊ

Quand: when no vowel follows the l

Comment: Say 'oo' where the l would be. 'Milk' is 'miook'.

L-vocalisation. The tongue tip never reaches the ridge; only the back of the tongue rises, which is a vowel.

Mot	Référence	Accent
milk
ball
well

Voyelles

PRICE moves back

aɪ → ɑɪ

Mot	Référence	Accent
my
time

FACE moves down to where PRICE was

eɪ → aɪ

The famous 'fice' for 'face' — the same shift as Australia, one step further.

Mot	Référence	Accent
face
day
mate

GOAT starts from STRUT

əʊ → ʌʊ

Mot	Référence	Accent
go
no

MOUTH starts from TRAP

aʊ → æʊ

Comment: Begin from 'cat'. 'Now' is almost 'neow'.

Mot	Référence	Accent
house
now

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