Gangsta rap is encouraging the growth of (limited) non-rhoticism and perhaps is shoring up the cot/caught distinction. So it's actually compatible with RP. In general, I don't think he does. He focuses on the issue of pronunciation. But

I'll introduce an example which I think I mentioned once before, the variation in the pronunciation of the word "scone" in British English. If I ask somebody how they pronounce "scone", I want to know if they rhyme it with

Hi All, How does one pronounce capillary - I pronounce it with stress on ca and It's the Hillary version in British English, stress on "pill". hmmm... interesting. I come from the North Midlands of the UK and was taught caPILLyary, a

My suggestion to you, Sparky, and all other ("caught" is ... vowel even though (O) may be the appropriate phonetic symbol. My suggestion to you, Arfy, is to use phonetic notation whenever you want to tell someone how you pronounce

"Lexeme." "All right" consists of a single lexeme when it means "okay," as in "All right, let's get going," two lexemes in a sentence such as "The answers were all right." This leads some to

How "fake" does something have to be to be considered ... stopping just this side of banning all contractions in writing As the man who coined "eye dialect," linguist George P. Krapp, put it, in eye dialect, "the

How "fake" does something have to be to be considered eye dialect? Some 'lists' i've seen online are very zealous, stopping just this side of banning all contractions in writing As the man who coined "eye dialect,"

Raymond S. Wise filted: So to represent "father" in pronunciation spelling, I'd write"FAH-thurr." Assuming that nonrhoticity requires that second R to make it audible,yes..r For what it's worth, that second

Well, that doesn't work for long, does it? Language changes over time and new words and usages keep creeping in. Sure, but that doesn't affect spelling and pronunciation. If you want constant information about what vocabulary to use, there

I (Mark Barratt) wrote (about /U/ & /V/ in British English): Yes, which was why I chose a pair which I thought would be the same for you, and in what I call "dictionary RP", You may, of course, but I prefer not to use the term