'Strong R' in Danger of Disappearing Across North of England, Study Finds
It’s also pretty likely that, even if linguists come up with a more precise name for the phenomenon, it will be forever referred to in academic literature and conferences as “known in the wider population as the ‘crispy R.’” All from some TikToks.
Dan Nosowitz • The ‘Crispy R’ and Why R Is the Weirdest Letter
Despite a lifetime of speaking, we can remain unaware of having a style of speaking. Yankees in Maine or Good ol’ Boys in Louisiana think that people from Brooklyn talk funny. WASPS in the Chicago suburbs think that Poles or Lithuanians in Chicago speak English with an accent, as if the suburban WASPS, the Yankees, and the Good ol’ Boys speak just
... See moreFrancis-Noël Thomas • Clear and Simple as the Truth: Writing Classic Prose - Second Edition
One of those changes was the "ou" sound in words such as "flow" and "sew" that shifted towards the front of the vocal tract. They also saw some of the winterers beginning to converge in the way they pronounced three other vowels.