UK ACCENTS AND DIALECTS

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UK ACCENTS AND DIALECTS

a DIALECT concerns the WORDS

an ACCENT concerns the PRONOUNCIATION

some different accents of the UK

TODAY LONDON ACCENTS

INTERNATIONAL

NATIONAL

CITIES with their OWN ACCENT

GLASGOW

NEWCASTLE

BIRMINGHAM

"MAKEUP" is "MYCOOP"

"FINE" is "FOIN"

"I'LL" is "OIL"

LIVERPOOL

SCOTTISH ACCENT

"LAKE" is "LOCH"

"YES" is "AYE"

"CAN'T" is "CANNAE"

"I DON'T KNOW" is "AH DINNAE KEN"

WEST COUNTRY ACCENT

FARMING AREA

RURAL ACCENT

MIDLANDS ENGLISH

OO sound for U or O

cup, mug, up, love

shorter pronounciation of the A sound

bath, path

100 miles or more north of London

WEST MIDLANDS

EAST MIDLANDS

COCKNEY/ESTUARY ENGLISH

characteristics of the PRONOUNCIATION

SILENT H

WA sound instead of L sound

GLOTTAL STOP

SILENT T in the middle of a word

F or V sound instead of TH sound

LOCAL LONDON ACCENT

also spread in

along the RIVER THAMES

SURREY

ESSEX

KENT

RECEIVED PRONOUNCIATION (RP)

very CLEAR accent

common in LONDON and SOUTHERN ENGLAND

usually heard on

NEWCAST

RADIO

TV PROGRAMS

spoken only by the 3% of ENGLISH SPEAKERS

PEOPLE who attended OXFORD or CAMBRIDGE Universities

PEOPLE in position of POWER

RICH PEOPLE