Accents Flashcards
List of how to study all vowel sounds
and Arthur the Rat
There are lots of apps to use for training but remember it sis practice that is important Accent Kit The Real Accent Kit British Library Archive IDEA International dialects archive
Name to exercises for the mouth:
Tounge rolling out
Pucker lips
Cats bum
Grandmas teeth
Arthur the Rat” is a short tale devised to obtain phonetic representation from throughout the country of all phonemes in American English.
KIT LIST SENTENCES- they use all known vowel sounds. Get the reader to read this text and a few minutes free speech
KIT- The ships listed as busy women built a pretty bridge in the dim midwinter
DRESS- In a sweat, Jeff edged his head into the Thames in an effort to save his best friend from the treacherous bell of death
STRUT-The dull young monks rushed in a flood to hunt the buds of the lovely buttercup
FOOT- The women shouldn’t put the full pudding onto the butcher’s hook.
GOOSE- Two beautiful youths moved through a few smooth, juicy, rude grooves in feudal confusion.
FLEECE-The police had reason to believe that Peter, Keith, and the anemic Shelia could be in league to illegally deceive people.
NURSE- Pearl urged Myrtle’s attorney to rehearse a certain circus turn before the courteous worm turned
TRAP- The cat dashed to catch the ham that dangled from the bag
BATH- Francis the calf can’t dance laughed Sandra the giraffe aghast as the calf pranced disastrously.
PALM- Brahms sonata kept father calm in the spa
STRAT- Sergeant Charles was the star of the party with his hearty aria
LOT- Tom honestly acknowledged hoe top notch the sean was to dodge the yacht
CLOTH-Ross often frothed the coffee and washed the long sausages in Boston
THOUGHT- Paul applauded all the naughty daughters who yawned when taught with chalk and talk
NORTH-George cavorted with Thor to fortify his torso for the ear in York
FORCE- Of course I adore Nora roared the porter through the door to the four divorced boarders
FACE-April felt taint as she campaigned to rein in the wasteful ladies to change their ways and obey
GOAT-Joan coaxed her beau, Owen to grow bolder, though she loathed ever controlling soldiers
PRICE Friday is the night to arrive by bicycle in Cyprus to buy a fine eiderdown
CHOICE The boy employed a joist to hoist the moist oysters into the boiling oil
MOUTH- The loud crowd from south of the county wanted to oust the clown out of town, but they were all mouth
NEAR- Maria was sincere in her weird career but feared the fierce bearded cashier
SQUARE- Where the pears are scarce, the bears share theirs fairly
TOUR- Muriel assured the poor tourists that the insurance was sure to cover Europe
GOAL- The soul of the lonely mole evolved from the stony hole
HAPPY/LETTER/COMMA Lucy was happy to receive a letter from Rebecca who lived in the city. The letter had no commas but she loved reading it.
The zone - Where the sound is placed- 1-7
1-2 MA Repecieved Pronunciation RP and nonspecific English accent
3-Cockney and Austrailian, Italian. It has clarity and easily heard
4- American
5- York, Russian, and Yorkshire
6- Manchester
7, Naughty American school child (very nasal)
Amercian
1- MA 2 3 Hey Luigie 4 yaga CAR GA 5 Yogi bear, HoHoHo 6 wa wa wa wa- Use your hand 7 NNNNN
1 Teeth and lips
2 The Gum Ridge
3 The Hard Palate
4 The soft palate and Uvula
5 Down into the Pharynx throat
6 Up in the nasal pharynx cavity (behind the nose)
7 The nasal cavity( right inside and down the nose)
The tone - The tonal drone that underpins the voice no matter where the music or pitch may travel.
It is affected by small changes in the shaping fo the throat and mouth, tongue and soft palate.
Words describing the tone can include- Brassy throaty nasal plummy hoarse squicky boomy
The direction =
The Setting
Liverpool- wide mouth and sideways
Manchester- Circular and in number 6- use your had and go wa wa wa
Jordie- In and out
Cockney- Up
PLACE PHOTO
Rhotic and Non Rhotic
Rhotic accents say every r that is written and NEVER add in extra- Northern Irish, Standard American Scottish and some parts of Rural Lancashire
Non rohtic accents ONLY say an r if it’s followed by a vowel sound and MAY add some intrusive r sounds
Norfolk, Wales and Newcastle
Try saying these words
Hero, Order, Hairy, here care
The intrusive r is when an r sound is added during connected speech where it isn’t written in the spelling of the word, usually between two vowel sounds law r and order, pizzar and chips
Thre is no added r in rohtic accents- Listen out to English actors playing American
Consonants
R- Seven different types L- Light to dark or none NG- Running, runnin, runn;n or runningk H dropped of kept TH, with it, wivvit, widdit, wizzit
L sounds
Soft l to hard L
Lovely Little lemons
Welsh and Indian soft l and both bouncy
Yorkshire hard L
