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Re: English diglossia (was Re: retroflex consonants)

From:John Cowan <jcowan@...>
Date:Friday, January 31, 2003, 16:42
Peter Bleackley scripsit:

> My accent is somewhat unusual. I'm from Bolton in Lancashire, but my accent > is about 90% RP/BBC English. There are some notable local features, > especially use of vowels. My pronunciation of bathroom ([b&Tru:m] I think > is how ASCII IPA would render it) is totally different from how my wife, > who comes from Chiswick, would pronounce it ([ba:Trum]).
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