Inglise keele variandid (Varieties of English)
AmEng)
· T - flapping and T deletion. Sound /t/ between vowels will be pronounced as /d/ -
(water, ladder, latter) = T-flapping. When the /t/ is deleted, usually after /n/ - (winter,
(,,winner"), interesting (,,ineresting")) we are dealing with = T-deletion
· Schedule, hostile and some other words are pronounced depending on social
variation and region. (Great degree of influence from AmEng)
· Again(st), sometimes /gen/, sometimes /geIn/
· Been [bin]
· Shone [sho:n] follows BrEng variant
· Tomato [tomæto] different from both AmEng and BrEng
Grammar:
· Younger geneation follows AmEng forms and older BrEng forms.
· Canadians use the Q tag ,,eh?"
· Sneek Snuk
· Dive Dove
Vocabulary:
· General trend towards American vocabulary, but not fully, therefore there would be
both variants in the dictionary. Candy=Sweet, for example.
· They developed a vocabualry that they needed to use in a special environment