Топик: Regional variation of pronunciation in the south-west of England

book [b k]

brook [br k]

crook [kr k]

look [l k]

took [t k]

good [g d]

foot [f t]

soot [s t]

flood [fl d]

Eastern

→ [ ]:

book [b k]

brook [br k]

crook [kr k]

look [l k]

“er”, “ir”, “ur”

Southern

→ [a:]:

learn [la:n]

earth [a:θ]

bird [ba:d]

birch [ba:t∫]

merchant [’ma:t∫∂nt]

herb [ha:b]

work [wa:k]

“or”

→ [a:]: fork [fa:k], horse [ha:s], horn [ha:n], short [∫a:t],

Morning [’ma:nıŋ], word [wa:d]

“ew”

Eastern

Northern

→ [ü:]:

dew [dü:]

few [fü:]