Inner circle accent differences

1.

INNER CIRCLE
ACCENT
DIFFERENCES
T H E D E PA RT M E N T O F E N G L I S H P H O N E T I C S
UZSWLU
2020

2.

ONE LANGUAGE, THREE
ACCENTS
Dear students, you have got enough information about English accents in the previous tasks and
now we will take a look at specific distinctions between British, American and Australian
varieties.
We are going to look at six sounds, for each of them we have given five example words. As you
hear these words, please, repeat them and look how we pronounce them differently.

3.

WE HAVE GOT THE FIRST
FIVE WORDS.
3
Tuesday
You Tube
Tuna
News
Duty
[ ˈtjuːz.deɪ ]
[ˈju : tjuːb ]
[ ˈtjuː.nə ]
[ njuːz ]
[ ˈdjuːti ]
2
[ ˈtʃuːz.deɪ ]
[ˈju tʃuːb ]
[ˈtʃuː.nə ]
[ njuːz ]
[ ˈdʒuːdi ]
1
[ ˈtuːz.deɪ ]
[ˈju:tuːb ]
[ ˈtuː.nə ]
[ nuːz ]
[ ˈduːdi ]

4.

PRONUNCIATION DIFFERENCES
BETWEEN [J] AND [U:] SOUNDS
In American English they often drop [j] sound. It's called Y dropping.
You can hear when we join [t] and [j] sounds, sometimes we blend these
together to make a [tʃ]sound.
You can also hear [dʒ] sound in Australian English when we join[t] and [y]
sounds together.

5.

PRONUNCIATION DIFFERENCES BETWEEN
[ƏU] AND [OU]
3
2
1
Go
[ gəʊ ]
[ gəʊ ]
[ goʊ ]
No
[ nəʊ ]
[ nəʊ ]
[ noʊ ]
Overflow
[ ˌəʊ.vəˈfləʊ ]
Go Pro
[ˈgəʊprəʊ]
[ˈgəʊprəʊ]
[ˈgoʊproʊ]
Showing
[ ˈʃəʊ.ɪŋ ]
[ ˈʃəʊ.ɪŋ ]
[ ˈʃoʊ.ɪŋ ]
[ ˌəʊ.vəˈfləʊ ]
[ ˌoʊ.vərˈfloʊ ]

6.

LET'S HAVE A LOOK AT THE NEXT
SET OF WORDS
3
2
1
Modern
[ ˈmɒdn ]
[ ˈmɒdn ]
[ ˈmɑːdərn ]
Bottle
[ ˈbɒtl ]
[ ˈbɒdl ]
[ ˈbɑːdl ]
Sorry
[ ˈsɒri ]
[ ˈsɒri ]
[ ˈsɑːri ]
Shopping
[ ˈʃɒpɪŋ ]
[ ˈʃɒpɪŋ ]
[ ˈʃɑːpɪŋ ]
Borrow
[ ˈbɒrəʊ ]
[ˈbɒrəʊ ]
[ ˈbɑːroʊ ]

7.

PRONUNCIATION DIFFERENCES BETWEEN
[ɒ]AND [A:]
Now you can hear when we say the [ɒ] sound in American English it
sounds like [a:] sound
Australian English and American English replace that T with D. You
can see these examples in the next slide.

8.

WE HAVE GOT THE FOURTH FIVE
WORDS.
3
2
3
Daughter
[ ˈdɔːtə ]
[ ˈdɔːdə ]
[ ˈdaːdər ]
Meeting
[ ˈmiːtɪŋ ]
[ ˈmiːtɪŋ ]
[ ˈmiːdɪŋ ]
Little
[ ˈlɪtəl ]
[ ˈlɪdəl ]
[ ˈlɪdəl ]
Percentage [ pəˈsen.tɪdʒ ]
[ pəˈsen.tɪdʒ ]
[ pərˈsen.tɪdʒ ]
Interview [ ˈɪntəvjuː ]
[ ˈɪntəvjuː ]
[ ˈɪnərvjuː ]

9.

RHOTIC AND NON-RHOTIC
ACCENT
3
Car
[ kɑː ]
Hard
[ hɑːd ]
Parking [ ˈpɑː.kɪŋ ]
Shark
[ ʃɑːk ]
2
1
[ kɑː ]
[ hɑːd ]
[ ˈpɑː.kɪŋ ]
[ ʃɑːk ]
[ kɑːr ]
[ hɑːrd ]
[ ˈpɑːr.kɪŋ ]
[ ʃɑːrk ]

10.

PRONUNCIATION DIFFERENCES IN WORDS
WITH -ER
3
2
1
Better
[ ˈbetə ]
[ ˈbedə ]
[ ˈbedər]
Water
[ ˈwɔːtə ]
[ ˈwɔːdə ]
[ ˈwaːdər ]
Harry Potter
[ ˈhær.i ˈpɒt.ə]
[ˈhær.i ˈpɒd.ə]
[ˈher.i ˈpa:d.ər]
Later
[ ˈleɪtə ]
[ ˈleɪdə ]
[ˈleɪdər ]
Seller
[ ˈsel.ə]
[ ˈsel.ə ]
[ ˈsel.ər ]