Estuary English Flashcards
1
Q
l-vocalisation
A
pronouncing the l-sound in certain positions almost like (w) so that ‘milk’ comes ‘miwk’ and ‘football’ becomes ‘foo baw’
2
Q
The glottal stop
A
the ‘t’ in the middle of words (butter) is not pronounced. there is a catch in the throat.
3
Q
No phonetic
A
Estuary speakers would pronounce ‘reduce’ making the second part identical to ‘juice’
4
Q
Ch sound
A
using the ch sound rather than a t-sound (Tuesday)
5
Q
Cockney dialect
A
multiple negation, verb morphology, demonstratives, prepositions
