dock
/dok/,
hot
/hot/,
dance
/d a:n s/,
sir
/sa:/,
far
/f a :/ etc., in which vowels
sound alike.
This type o f pronunciation avoids retroflex /г/ in the final
position o f a word and before consonants as it is in RP. As a re
sult of /г/ dropping in the Eastern pronunciation there appear
diphthongs
like
/еэ/, /иэ/ and Лэ/: care /кеэ/, sure /{иэ/, mere /ппэ/
etc.
There also a lot of m arked differencies existing in the E ast
ern type of pronunciation. For example, in words like
sill
and
seal
and also
pot
and
port,
which sound alike /sil/ and /pot/ the pho
netic distinction between long and short vowels becom es insig
nificant. The diphthong alternating between /au - au / is used in
the Eastern dialect1. The opposition /hw - w/ exists initially:
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