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

dew [djau]

few [fjau]

new [njau]

2. Consonantism

[w] in the beginning of the word or before “h”

old [w l]

oak [w k]

hot [w t]

home [w m]

orchard [wurt∫∂t]

hole [hwul]

hope [hwup]

open [’wupen]

[w] is not pronounced:

week [ouk]

swick [su:k]

“w” before “r”

is not pronounced

Western

is not pronounced

→ [vr]:

wreck, wren, wrench, wrap, write, wrong

e.g. Ye vratch, ye’ve vrutten that a’vrang.

(= You wretch, you’ve written that all wrong.)

“wh” at the beginning of a word is [w], [u:], [u∂]

in the middle of a word [w] is pronounced

boy [bwo], moist [mw ıst], toad [twud], cool [kwul], country [’kwıntrı]

“f”, “th”, “s”, “sh” are voiced

Friday [’vræ:dı], friends [vrınz], fleas [vle:z], and in the these words: foe, father, fair, fear, find, fish, foal, full, follow, filth, fist, fire, fond, fault, feast, force, forge, fool.

[θ]: thought [ð :t], thick [ðık], thigh [ðaı], and in the words: from, freeze, fresh, free, friend, frost, frog, froth, flesh, fly flock, flood, fleece, fling, flower, fail.

“t” at the beginning of the word before a vowel

Nothern

→ [t∫]:

team [t∫em],

tune [t∫un],

Tuesday [’t∫uzde]

East D “t” in the middle of the word is voiced:

bottle [’b dl],

kettle [’kedl],