Inglise keele variandid (Varieties of English)
3. Estuary English - a dialect of English widely spoken in South East England. IT is
commong among young Londoners. Something between RP and Cockney.
Some features:
· Non-rhotic
· They use intrusive / r /
· They use the broad / a: / sound
· They use glottal stop more often (instead of k/p/t)
· Use of / w /, recieved pronouncation will have / l / sound
· /l/ may disappear [vunnerable]
· /I/ -> /i:/
· Use of question tag [Ain't I? (einnai)]
· Yod coalescence when two things come together. Like: /d/ instead of /dj/
/t/ instead of /tj/ [tu:zdeI]
· Prolongs diphtongs
· H-dropping (Tell him= [tellim])
5) Cockney, Cockney Rhyming Slang
Cockney English has a very distinctive accent, intentionally made and cryptical. It is
used in a sense of community and also by traders or criminals to confuse the police.
Cockney English is a "working class English" with approx. 7 million speakers.
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