Rhotic, so the reference's r's all stay — but nearly every vowel moves. The LOT vowel unrounds, the GOAT vowel starts further back, BATH joins TRAP, and t between vowels softens to a tap. It is the accent of most film and most software, which is why it sounds like the default and is not.
Où: the United States, outside the South and the Northeast
Tout ce que le moteur d’orthographe sait transcrire, l’accent sait le déplacer. Ralentissez pour entendre la forme.
Narrower pitch range than RP and a slower, more even rhythm — unstressed syllables are not crushed as hard. Sentence-final pitch drops less; questions rise less.
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.
([iɪyʏeɛøœəɐæaɑɒɔoʊuʌɤɵɚɨɯ][ː̃]?)t(?=[iɪyʏeɛøœəɐæaɑɒɔoʊuʌɤɵɚɨɯ]) → $1ɾQuand: between two vowels, when the second is unstressed
Comment: Do not stop the air. Flick the tongue tip once against the ridge, exactly as for the Spanish single r.
Flapping. 'Latter' and 'ladder' become identical, and 'water' is the word that gives Americans away in two syllables.
| Mot | Référence | Accent | |
|---|---|---|---|
| city | |||
| water | |||
| butter | |||
| top | unchanged — the t begins the word |
([tdn])j(?=uː) → $1Quand: before the vowel of 'goose'
Yod-dropping. 'Tune' is 'toon', 'news' is 'nooze'. Britain keeps the y and has been mocking the loss of it for a century.
| Mot | Référence | Accent | |
|---|---|---|---|
| tune | |||
| new | |||
| duke |
ɒ → ɑComment: Say 'ah' as at the dentist, then shorten it. Lips must not round.
The 'lot–palm merger'. American English has no short rounded back vowel at all — the mouth is open and the lips are slack.
| Mot | Référence | Accent | |
|---|---|---|---|
| dog | |||
| hot | |||
| not |
ɑː(?=[θsfn]) → æQuand: before θ, s, f or n
Comment: Same vowel as 'cat'. Jaw open, tongue forward.
RP lengthened and backed this vowel in the 1800s; America never did. The result is that 'bath' rhymes with 'math' in New York and not in London.
| Mot | Référence | Accent | |
|---|---|---|---|
| bath | |||
| grass | |||
| dance | |||
| car | unchanged here — r follows, not θ s f n |
ɑː → ɑAmerican vowels carry less length contrast; the r or the consonant after does the work instead.
| Mot | Référence | Accent | |
|---|---|---|---|
| father | |||
| car |
ɔː → ɔAnd for many Western speakers this then merges with LOT entirely: 'cot' and 'caught' become one word — the cot–caught merger.
| Mot | Référence | Accent | |
|---|---|---|---|
| caught | |||
| law |
əʊ → oʊComment: Round the lips from the very start of the vowel, not halfway through.
RP starts this diphthong from a central schwa; America starts it from a real rounded o.
| Mot | Référence | Accent | |
|---|---|---|---|
| go | |||
| home | |||
| no |
(ɜː|ə)ɹ → ɚComment: Bunch the tongue back and up while the vowel is still going. It should feel like a growl.
The most American sound there is: a vowel with the tongue already curled. It is what a British listener hears as 'the r-thing'.
| Mot | Référence | Accent | |
|---|---|---|---|
| bird | |||
| water | |||
| better |
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