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Being born, growing up, and living in the North Shore of Boston, I have become fascinated by my own accent/dialect of English and would like to document it. Note that I will try to document everything even features that are common to most English accents/dialects. Note that my descriptions may contain unconventional analyses of English phonology.
Vowels edit
| Phoneme | Pronunciation |
|---|---|
| ɑː | a, ɑ |
| ɒ | ɒ |
| æ | æ |
| aɪ | aɪ, ʌɪ |
| aʊ | æʊ, ɛʊ |
| ɛ | ɛ |
| eɪ | eɪ |
| ɪ | ɪ |
| iː | i |
| ɔː | ɒ |
| ɔɪ | ɔɪ |
| oʊ | əʊ |
| uː | ʉ |
| ʊ | ʊ |
| juː | jʉ |
| ʌ | ʌ |
| ɜːr | ɝ |
| ɑːr | ɑr |
| ɒr | ɒr |
| ær | eɚ |
| aɪr | ajɚ, *ʌjɚ |
| aʊr | æwɚ |
| ɛr | ɛɚ |
| ɛər | eɚ |
| ɪr | ɪɚ |
| iːr | iɚ |
| ɔr | ɔɚ |
| oʊr | ɔɚ |
| uːr | ɔɚ, uɚ |
| juːr | ɔɚ, jɝ |
| ʌr | ʌɚ |
| æn | en̩ |
| æm | em̩ |
| æŋ | eɪŋ |
Consonants edit
The set of consonants is similar to most English accents and dialects. Unless otherwise noted, these distinctions do not cross morpheme or word boundaries.
- The velar consonants /k/ and /ɡ/ are invariably palatalized to [kʲ] and [ɡʲ] before palatalizing vowels or palatal approximant /j/.*
- Glottal /h/ is almost always palatalized to [xʲ] before palatal approximent /j/ and usually also before /i/.
- Voiceless plosives /p/, /t/, and /k/ are aspirated before stressed vowels, unless preceded by /s/ (or /ʃ/ in loanwords).