tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2382369381372118960.post8794278616094499975..comments2024-01-08T18:25:51.974+00:00Comments on Kraut's English phonetic blog: /smuːðd brɪtɪʃ fɑːpɑː/Krauthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11932831673529849848noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2382369381372118960.post-54381490963066182712013-04-25T13:11:11.338+01:002013-04-25T13:11:11.338+01:00I would say he says ˈfaəˌpaə, where a would be a c...I would say he says <b>ˈfaəˌpaə</b>, where <b>a</b> would be a centralized vowel. Or maybe just a bit more back.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2382369381372118960.post-83749563259672480892013-04-22T19:54:40.738+01:002013-04-22T19:54:40.738+01:00Ed, you may be right! The clip is a short scene wi...Ed, you may be right! The clip is a short scene within a longer film on and with P. Cordingley.Krauthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11932831673529849848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2382369381372118960.post-3469201328475725522013-04-22T18:38:32.309+01:002013-04-22T18:38:32.309+01:00This is a good clip. It shows that some people me...This is a good clip. It shows that some people merge /aɪə/ and /aʊə/. The late Margaret Thatcher had a lot of smoothing in her speech. This is interesting as she was an Adoptive RP speaker and John Wells says in <i>Accents of English</i> that Adoptive RP has less smoothing (p.285).<br /><br />On another note, are you sure that this is not about the Gulf War? I believe that Cordingley had already retired by the 2003 Iraq War, as he was publicly opposed to it.Edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04081841460525341333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2382369381372118960.post-45539125494224936832013-04-19T13:26:27.453+01:002013-04-19T13:26:27.453+01:00Ta, Limey!Ta, Limey!Krauthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11932831673529849848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2382369381372118960.post-46160833928978367802013-04-19T12:14:13.405+01:002013-04-19T12:14:13.405+01:00Nice one, Krauty!Nice one, Krauty!Limeyhttp://yek.me.uknoreply@blogger.com