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OT: ɪntərnæʃənəl fənɛtɪk ælfəbɛt

Posted by barry on 2013-05-13 02:05:09

I'm not sure that you can really deduce anything from individual accents, even family accents, because pronunciations are often affected by personal quirks. When I was studying English in U. of Leeds, we were taught that there were three essential divisions of US accents: New England, Southern and General, i.e. everywhere else, which seems to beg a big question.

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OT: ɪntərnæʃənəl fənɛtɪk ælfəbɛt by Nick B. on  2013-05-13 02:42:04