English accents3. Cockney (ii)

l-vocalization

mɪok

ˈbɒʔoz

ˈpentso

ʃeo bʌob

wɔːo

ʔə

boardbɔod

boredbɔəd

(may = bald)

the London THOUGHT split

the London GOAT split

[ɒʊ] in told, cold, bolt,

roll, bowl, goal, goal#ie

[ʌʊ] in toad, code, bone,

rope, know, slow, slow#ly

Weakening

ˈtuː ˈpɪləz

See ya!

Me and me dad

Popular weak forms

cf. RP

Post-glottal schwa deletion

elision of schwa between a glottal stop

and a consonant

I want to be freeˈwɒnə

I wanted ˈwɒnɪdI want it ˈwɒnɪʔ

went awayˈwen əˈwʌɪ

twentyˈtweni plenty ˈpleni

London nt-reduction