English Pronunciation for Icelanders
English Pronunciation for Icelanders
English Pronunciation for Icelanders
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1 21 Some accents do not have the distinction between weak i<br />
and 0, and instead use 0 everywhere. In these accents affecteffect,<br />
Lenin-Lennon are homophones: 01fekt, 1len0n. This<br />
happens in Australian, New Zealand and South African accents,<br />
most American and Canadian accents, and some British accents.<br />
TRANSCRIPTION EXERCISE 11: 0 and i<br />
¦<br />
Listen to the difference, and try to transcribe it:<br />
Normal RP: become b±±±1kÆm wanted 1wont±±±d goodness 1gudn±±±s<br />
Using 0:<br />
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become b±±±1kÆm wanted 1wont±±±d goodness 1gudn±±±s<br />
1.5.4 Tensing of i to i<br />
The weak vowel i often occurs in an unstressed syllable by<br />
itself at the end of a word, as in:<br />
happy lazy Charlie<br />
1hæpi 1leizi 1TAli<br />
In these words, the traditional RP pronunciation is with -i,<br />
very much like Icelandic -i in afi, frúnni. Increasingly,<br />
however, in Britain, the USA, Australia and New Zealand, the<br />
vowel in this position is becoming tensed so that it sounds<br />
like a short version of I. We use the symbol i to show this<br />
variable vowel. Remember, some speakers have a lax i, others<br />
have a tense i, and others a vowel between these two extremes.<br />
You might hear:<br />
happy - 1hæpi 1hæp^ 1hæpI<br />
In my accent, I tend to use the sound in the middle:<br />
happy lady cosy really hurry Charlie Susie<br />
1hæp^ 1le^d^ 1k0uz^ 1r^0l^ 1hÆr^ 1TAl^ 1sUz^<br />
Presley Morley Crowleigh Monday Tuesday<br />
1prezl^ 1mOl^ 1kr0ul^ 1mÆnd^ 1tjUzd^