West Country Flashcards
(18 cards)
Hello
Alright my lover!
Really good
Gurt lush
listen to him
‘ark at he
Anyway
In any case
Crooked
Skew-whiff
Where are you going?
Where be to?
Wood louse
Chucky pig
R
Rhotic ‘r’ - pronounced on all r’s.
Eg faRRm. waRRm. loveRR. fiRRst. caRRR. faRRR.
ai dipthong
ai - more rounded with the OR vowel at the beginning rather than the ‘a’ vowel at the beginning
eg Guide –> goide
White–> whoite
Life–> loife
ng sound for -ing endings.
Turns into an IN ending (dropping the ‘g’).
- Uses the tip of the tongue high on the alveolar ridge, closing is at the front; not the back of the tongue high, closing it off at the back.
- walkin… / - talkin…
‘a’ vowel
longer… more of an eugh sound, less open and light, longer…
up / eup
up and above / eup and eubove
‘t’ sound at end of word
generally missed out
this and that vs this and tha…
‘t’ sound in middle of word, normally starting final consonant
becomes a glottalised ‘t’ (missed out)
butter / bu..er
water / wa..er
better / be..er
Good bye
Tad-dah loves.
doesn’t like
don’t like
‘h’
tends to be dropped
he / ‘e
‘o’ / ‘u’ / ‘i’
extended, long vowel sound
got / ‘goot’
There isn’t anyone
Ain’t no-one
