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indisgestion for indigestion; gownd for gown; scholard for scholar; nevvy for nephew; non-plush'd for non-plussed; refuge for refuse; quid for cud, " chewing the quid; "sarment for sermon; varmint for vermin; sloop for slope; spartacles for spectacles; spavin for spasms. I knew an old woman who was constantly suffering from "the windy spavin;" taters for potatoes; wunstfor once; wuts for oats, etc., etc."
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Modern Essex English is usually associated with non-rhotic Estuary English, mainly in urban areas receiving an influx of East London migrants since World War II. The Essex accent has an east–west variation with the county's west having Estuary English speech features and the county's east having the
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Acrost for across; agoo for ago; batcheldor for bachelor; brownchitis (or sometime brown titus) for bronchitis; chimley or chimbley for chimney; crowner for coroner; crowner's quest for coroner's inquest; curosity and curous for curiosity and curious ; death for deaf; disgest for digest, and
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Modern Kent, and Sussex English is usually associated with non-rhotic Estuary English, mainly in urban areas receiving an influx of East London migrants since World War II. However, rhoticity used to characterize the traditional rural accents in Kent, Surrey, and Sussex, though it has long been a
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Gower was first made aware of the dialect after reading a letter in a local newspaper. Following that, and after his own enquiries, he expressed a fear that improved transport and the spread of education would cause such local dialects to disappear and be forgotten despite the fact that, in his
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residents. Now spread throughout the South East region, Estuary English is the resulting mainstream accent that combines features of both Cockney and a more middle-class RP. Less affluent areas have variants of Estuary English that grade into southern rural England outside urban areas.
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may still be rhotic or variably rhotic today, though this feature is quickly becoming ever less frequent. In country areas and Southampton, the older rhotic accent can still be heard amongst some speakers, for example in the speech of
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The region largely south of London, including Surrey, Sussex, and once even Kent, used to speak with what today would be lumped under a South West England or "West Country" dialect. In all these counties, front
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Past participle takes more complex forms after common consonants "-ded," "-ted," e.g., attackted, drownded, "Such a country as this, where everything is either scorched up with the sun or drownded with the
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area a vowel at the end of a word is often followed by an intrusive dark l, . Hence the old joke about the three Bristolian sisters Evil, Idle, and Normal (written Eva, Ida, and Norma).
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words, "Old customs, old beliefs, old prejudices die hard in the soil of England". Gower described certain standard English words with nonstandard pronunciations in the Surrey dialect:
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The Old and Middle English prefix of "a-" is used generally before substantives, before participles and with adjectives placed after nouns, e.g., a-coming, a-going, a-plenty, a-many.
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compiled by Nils Norman Schiborr. Audio recordings of narrative texts with transcriptions time-aligned at the phone level, translations, and time-aligned morphological annotations.
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survive as traditional broad dialects in Southern England today, though they too are subject to Estuary English influence in recent decades and are consequently weakening.
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Commentators report widespread homogenisation in South East England in the 20th century (Kerswill & Williams 2000; Britain 2002). This involved a process of
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recessive feature. Still, it is possible that some Sussex and Kentish rhoticity lasted until as recently as the early 21st century in certain pockets.
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accents, now perceived as rural. It originally extended an even larger region, across much of South East England, including an area south of the "
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In the 18th and 19th centuries, in Essex, Kent, and east Sussex, plus several other South East areas including London, Suffolk, and Norfolk,
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In addition to the above features, namely rhoticity, the traditional Sussex accent showed certain other features, like an extremely narrow
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The pleonastic use of "-like" denoting "vaguely", e.g. comfortable-like, timid-like, dazed-like, "I have felt lonesome-like ever since."
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Features of working- or middle-class Estuary English, spoken in the counties all around London in the 21st century, include:
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There are differences between and even within areas of East Anglia: the Norwich accent has distinguishing aspects from the
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is pronounced darkly where it is present, too, which means that in Bristolian rendering, 'idea' and 'ideal' are homophones.
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They persist most strongly in areas that remain largely rural with a largely indigenous population, particularly the
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I saw the ghostesses, / Sitting on the postesses, / Eating of their toastesses, / And fighting with their fistesses.
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Britain, David; Cheshire, Jenny, eds. (2003). "Dialect levelling and geographical diffusion in British English".
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Double negatives in a sentence are common, "You don't know nothing", "The gent ain't going to give us nothing"
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A Sociophonological Analysis of Mersea Island English: An investigation of the diphthongs (aʊ), (aɪ) and (ɔɪ)
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itself (most famously including the East End). It is characterised by many phonological differences from RP:
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meaning "snail". Several nonstandard grammatical features exist, such as irregular plural forms like
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A Dictionary of the Sussex Dialect – a Collection of Provincialisms in use in the County of Sussex
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A Dictionary of the Sussex Dialect and Collection of Provincialisms in Use in the County of Sussex
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Cockney is the traditional accent of the working classes of the areas immediately surrounding the
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Superlatives (+est) were used in place of the word "most", e.g., "the impudentest man I ever see"
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or "Pompey" English, some of which may actually originate from Portsmouth rather than London.
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vowels predominated in the 19th century, all of which are also shared with rural traditional
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Modern Estuary dialect features were also reported in some traditional varieties, including
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in inner-city London and the careful upper-class standard accent of Southern England,
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forms were a grammatical feature of the Sussex dialect, particularly in words ending
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who spoke the local accent, principally Kentish but with strong London influences.
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Multicultural London English (abbreviated MLE), colloquially called Blockney, is a
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is realised as , as mentioned above. In Jamaican-London speech, glottalization of
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always remain voiceless, which is the main difference from West Country accents.
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that surrounds it – chiefly in the vowel sounds. The accent of
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South West England or "West Country" English is a family of similar strongly
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Some examples of the Norfolk accent (with dialectal words thrown in) at
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As well as rhoticity, here are common features of West County accents:
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A unique dialect existed as recently as the late 19th century in the
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of in the middle or end of a word with a glottal stop; for example
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versus a monophthongal realisation in closed syllables, for example
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may be pronounced , often represented as "bootiful" or "bewtiful",
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Red areas are where English dialects of the late 20th century were
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hot – a verb meaning to heat something up, "hot it over the fire"
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has a low-back onset, , or the lowered/unrounded from , or or
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that emerged in the late 20th century. It is spoken mainly by
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General characteristics of all major London accents include:
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As of the 21st century, a wide class of dialects labelled "
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sauce – vegetables, e.g. "green sauce", pronounced "soss"
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are on the modern-day border between Estuary English and
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can have an onset lower than RP but higher than Cockney:
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Sussex as She Wus Spoke: A Guide to the Sussex Dialect
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In traditional Southern rural accents, the voiceless
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messengers – small clouds (also called "water dogs")
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lowers and backs, different from both RP and Cockney
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baulky – is said of a person who tries to avoid you
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(2004). 1442:Phonological features included long-standing 1186:19th-century Kent, Sussex, and Surrey English 1135:has greater similarities to that of Norfolk. 892:, giving pronunciations like "Zummerzet" for 819:tend to be more prevalent in older speakers. 222: 2712: 1166:meaning "to beat up batter for pudding" and 1809:, page 61, Cambridge University Press, 1984 1732:. Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Company KG. 258:(phonetically ) occurs only before vowels. 3388:Comparison of American and British English 2361: 2347: 2177: 1485:comb – the moss that grows on church bells 1458:bannick – a verb meaning to beat or thrash 2187:. Lewes: Farncombe & Co. p. vii. 2054:Benham, Charles Edwin (23 October 2017). 2007:Benham, Charles Edwin (23 October 2017). 68:Learn how and when to remove this message 3081: 2333:English (Southern England) DoReCo corpus 2298: 2214: 2212: 2210: 2162: 2147: 1605:uppards – towards London or in the north 1515:innardly – to talk innardly is to mumble 1455:bait – an afternoon meal about 4 pm 170: 159: 1930: 1928: 1396:Syntax of the Surrey dialect included: 958: 773: 195:(RP), popular in the 20th century with 3481: 2279: 2273: 2249: 2181:The Kentish Dialect and Provincialisms 2105:from the original on 12 September 2020 2053: 2006: 1307:, was familiar with the mudflats near 187:between the extremes of working-class 2342: 2304: 2207: 2196: 2194: 1893:"Norfolk England Dialect Orthography" 1599:tidy – adjective meaning good or well 1578:shuckish – unsettled, showery weather 1560:quirk – a faint noise indicating fear 3458:Non-native pronunciations of English 2068: 2021: 1925: 1748: 1473:beleft – the participle of "believe" 1226:) is very occasionally used for the 563:is monophthongized to , for example 102:. For the distinction between , 15: 2171: 2095:"BBC - Kent - Voices 2005 - Voices" 1988:. Trübner & Company. pp. 5, 22. 1908:, written by Norfolk-born linguist 1436:"all along of" meaning "because of" 1111:East Anglian accents are generally 13: 2191: 1729:A Handbook of Varieties of English 1150:was common in Essex. In addition, 888:respectively) are often voiced to 417:as Cockney, but still more than RP 281:(this can also be a monophthong: ) 14: 3505: 2326: 2222:, (1893), Oxford University Press 1645:in place of the standard English 1494:fail – a verb meaning to fall ill 1299:The pattern of speech in some of 501:) and replacement of with (the 1838:Jamaican pronunciation in London 1673: 1659: 1292:) was a common pronunciation of 1271: 725:Jamaican pronunciation in London 441:can take the more RP variant of 246: 20: 2243: 2234: 2225: 2156: 2141: 2092: 2086: 2077: 2062: 2056:"Essex ballads and other poems" 2047: 2015: 2009:"Essex ballads and other poems" 2000: 1991: 1985:A glossary of the Essex dialect 1976: 1914: 1545:nurt – a verb meaning to entice 1533:middlin – reasonable or average 1476:bettermost – upper-class people 1245:in pre-vocalic position: thus, 969:Features which can be found in 766:"Estuary-isms" can be found in 731:Berkshire and Hampshire English 719:are also heard from Jamaicans. 669:parts of working-class London. 631:of (dark L) to , for example, 288:in open syllables, for example 207:Outside of South East England, 94:International Phonetic Alphabet 3408:English-based creole languages 2262:: Farncombe & Co. p.  1884: 1870: 1856: 1847: 1828: 1812: 1796: 1536:mixen – a heap of dung or soil 1311:and created a comic character 1: 3448:List of English-based pidgins 2136:Kortmann & Schneider 2004 2124:Kortmann & Schneider 2004 2042:Kortmann & Schneider 2004 1982:Charnock, Richard S. (1880). 1823:Language in the British Isles 1807:Language in the British Isles 1791:Kortmann & Schneider 2004 1719: 1521:lief – rather, "I'd lief not" 1025:may be realised as , so that 684:is replaced by , for example 3443:Linguistic purism in English 2309:. Seaford: SB Publications. 2202:Dictionary of Surrey English 1415:"See" was used for saw (the 1143:The East Anglian feature of 1029:may sound to outsiders like 645:Multicultural London English 639:Multicultural London English 7: 3489:English language in England 2544:London & Thames Estuary 2286:. Lewes: Farncombe & Co 2178:Parish, W.D.; Shaw (1888). 1714:Regional accents of English 1652: 1563:runagate – good for nothing 1554:picksome – pretty or dainty 1503:foundrous – boggy or marshy 1488:clung – moist or damp grass 1381:Surrey grammatical features 1357:, and in parts of northern 284:diphthongal realisation of 265:diphthongal realisation of 120:English in Southern England 40:. 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In London, word-final 130:; or in the UK, simply, 128:Southern England English 124:Southern English English 2152:, Poppyland, p. 84 1569:scrow – a verb to scowl 1551:peart – brisk or lively 1450:Surrey lexical features 973:English (especially in 386:, namely , for example 90:phonetic transcriptions 2561:Received Pronunciation 2280:Parish, W. D. (1875). 2250:Parish, W. D. (1875). 1997:Charnock, 1880, p. 23. 1878:"Do You Speak Pompey?" 1596:the big smoke – London 1394: 1127:is different from the 1056:Received Pronunciation 987:after all consonants: 886:sat, farm, think, shed 854:Received Pronunciation 836:Received Pronunciation 193:Received Pronunciation 180: 168: 87:This article contains 2755:Multicultural Toronto 2069:Gepp, Edward (1920). 2022:Gepp, Edward (1920). 1689:South African English 1587:statesman – landowner 1518:leastways – otherwise 1470:befront – in front of 1387: 1023:toe, moan, road, boat 1011:toe, moan, road, boat 817:Isle of Wight accents 174: 163: 2916:Western Pennsylvania 2305:Wales, Tony (2000). 2240:Wells, 1982, p. 335. 2231:Wells, 1982, p. 331. 2138:, pp. 174, 175. 2083:Wells, 1982, p. 335. 1853:Wells, 1982, p. 341. 1842:Philological Society 1793:, pp. 164, 197. 1572:shatter – sprinkling 1527:market fresh – drunk 1209:East Anglian English 1199:, and high (or even 1004:Early Modern English 965:East Anglian English 959:East Anglian English 780:West Country English 774:West Country English 744:West Country English 420:Increased amount of 312:often contrast with 217:East Anglian English 209:West Country English 149:" is on the rise in 50:improve this article 36:to meet Knowledge's 3453:Mid-Atlantic accent 3044:Trinidad and Tobago 2165:The Norfolk Dialect 2150:The Norfolk Dialect 1899:on 22 February 2008 1770:. pp. 400–70. 1704:New Zealand English 1635:Reduplicated plural 1608:venturesome – brave 1509:hem – a lot or much 1482:burden – a quantity 2976:Pennsylvania Dutch 2218:Gower, Granville, 1760:Accents of English 1699:Zimbabwean English 1694:Australian English 1602:timmersome – timid 1385:Gowers mentions: 1241:was pronounced as 621:to (for example, 398:can contrast with 359:into two phonemes 213:South West England 181: 169: 151:South East England 3476: 3475: 3361: 3360: 3161: 3160: 3070: 3069: 2988: 2987: 2984: 2983: 2909:Pacific Northwest 2770:Standard Canadian 2701: 2700: 2646: 2645: 2586: 2585: 2316:978-1-85770-209-5 1821:in Trudgill ed., 1805:in Trudgill ed., 1739:978-3-11-017532-5 1584:spoon meat – soup 1467:beatle – a mallet 1269:(non-rhotically, 723:'s dissertation, 613:to (for example 605:to (for example 597:to (for example 327:in words such as 164:Foot-strut split 78: 77: 70: 38:quality standards 29:This article may 3501: 3494:Southern England 3373:English language 3258: 3257: 3079: 3078: 3062:Falkland Islands 2961:General American 2934:African-American 2787: 2786: 2721: 2720: 2710: 2709: 2412: 2411: 2403: 2402: 2392: 2391: 2363: 2356: 2349: 2340: 2339: 2321: 2320: 2302: 2296: 2295: 2293: 2291: 2277: 2271: 2270: 2247: 2241: 2238: 2232: 2229: 2223: 2216: 2205: 2198: 2189: 2188: 2186: 2175: 2169: 2168: 2160: 2154: 2153: 2145: 2139: 2133: 2127: 2121: 2115: 2114: 2112: 2110: 2090: 2084: 2081: 2075: 2074: 2066: 2060: 2059: 2051: 2045: 2039: 2028: 2027: 2019: 2013: 2012: 2004: 1998: 1995: 1989: 1980: 1974: 1973: 1957: 1947: 1938: 1932: 1923: 1918: 1912: 1907: 1905: 1904: 1895:. 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