Talk:Regional accents of English

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"The online encyclopaedia presents a fascinating description of regional differences in speech, not only in the UK but across other English-speaking countries too. The versions of speech used in smaller English-speaking territories such as St Helena, the Falkland Islands and Hong Kong are also included." — The Guardian, April 25, 2006

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The most obvious aural difference in spoken North American English, to me, is the way they say "Noo York" and Frank Herbert's "Doon" and "toob" and "stoopid". I hardly notice most of the other so-called differences listed here, although I do notice differences in terminology and idioms.Lathamibird (talk) 09:57, 4 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

The article links to the article on North American English regional phonology which has the information you are asking for. Mediatech492 (talk) 14:20, 4 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

"British English accent does not exist"

The term British accent is categorical for all accents which are coincidentally both geologically close and phonologically similar to each other. To say that the category itself doesn't exist is malformed. -Inowen (nlfte) 23:35, 28 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

The article does not state or imply that the category of British English accent does not exist. To the contrary, what it is says is that there is not a single distinct British accent. Rather it says there are several English accents which are distinctly British, not just one. Mediatech492 (talk) 09:17, 29 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Grammar

The introduction doesn’t mention grammatical differences. As a youngster in the 50s I knew which local town people came from and could explain why. All I remember now is that the differences were a mixture of grammar and phraseology, not pronunciation. An example may be the widely recognized southern US expression “you all” (y’all). There are also regional differences in verb use and conjugation notably the verb “to be” For example, some regions conjugate “to be” using only a single word - “am” (‘m) or “be”, or “is” (‘s) as in.. I’m You’m He’m (or ‘eem) We’m You’m They’m or…. I be You be He be We be You be They be or… I’s You’s He’s We’s You’s They’s 2607:F010:3FE:FFEE:0:0:0:6C (talk) 15:09, 21 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Australian English vowels

The article says 'In words like "chance", "plant", "branch", "sample" and "demand", the vast majority of Australians use the short /æ/ vowel from the word "cat".' Australian English has the lad/bad split; "cat" uses the short /æ/ vowel and the five words listed use the long /æː/ vowel (except among speakers who use the long /aː/ vowel instead). Any Australian will corroborate this - ask them to say "pants" and "chance" and notice the difference. 220.235.103.138 (talk) 13:25, 8 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]