And Rosta skrev:
> R A Brown, On 21/10/2008 10:32:
>> Mark J. Reed wrote:
>>> Yes, I do dissimilatory code switching. It throws people off...
>>>
>>> What I *meant* was that an RP speaker sounds to me like they have a
>>> very strong accent.
>>
>> Yep - a very strong RP accent. I guess I'd be described as having a
>> more or less RP accent (tho I'm sure purists detect some 'impurities'
>> in mine :)
>
> ... such as raising of the THOUGHT vowel in closed syllables,
> characteristic of demotic south eastern English English but not of RP.
> (Not that I wd ever condone the labelling of regionalisms as impurities,
> except in casual jest.)
>
> --And.
>
Does anyone know of any lect in any natlang which shows
diphthongization of long vowels in closed syllables but
not in open syllables? I have centering diphthongization
under such conditions but haven't been able to come up
with a phonetic explanation for that restriction.