Timeline for How to pronounce the word 'beautiful'?
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| Nov 10, 2013 at 2:48 | comment | added | FumbleFingers | Another common one is the aggressive "Worra you gonna do about it?", which wouldn't be (linguistically) out of place in a South London pub. I think what's at bottom of it is a sense that clearly enunciated /t/ is "affected/sissy" - so tough guys don't, except if it's the first element in a word (actually, group of words slurred together without pause)). In my example, about it might be enunciated as abardiÊ” by "Cockneys", replacing the first /t/ with a /d/, and the final one with a glottal stop. | |
| Nov 10, 2013 at 2:48 | comment | added | FumbleFingers | It's quite true that /t/ changes to /r/ in many BrE contexts - particularly but not exclusively in the Midlands and North... | |
| Nov 9, 2013 at 23:31 | history | answered | Alex B. | CC BY-SA 3.0 |