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PhDr. Radoslav Pavlík, PhD. Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia 1 Pronunciation differences between British and American English BrE and AmE are two different (but related) varieties of English. Q: Can you think of any other varieties of English? Both BrE and AmE have many different dialects/accents, but this discussion focuses on standard pronunciation (the speech of educated speakers). BrE Received Pronunciation RP (BBC, Oxford + Cambridge dictionaries, etc.) AmE General American – GA, Network English, Midwest accent (CNN, NPR, Webster dictionaries) Q: Do you know any pronunciation differences between BrE and AmE? Exercise 1. Listen to these five different speakers. Are they British or American? Speaker 1: President Obama has announced that 34 thousand troops will be withdrawn from Afghanistan by the end of next summer. Speaker 2: Last month President Obama asked for 80 million dollars ... Speaker 3: Experts are warning that new types of bacteria are becoming a problem in hospitals. Speaker 4. Russian scientists say they’ve revived a plant that was preserved in the frozen ground of Siberia for more than 30 thousand years. Speaker 5: A train driver who drank a bottle of whiskey while on duty has been jailed for 135 days.

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Page 1: Pronunciation differences between British and … · 1 Pronunciation differences between British and American English ... General American – GA, Network English, Midwest accent

PhD

r. Ra

dosl

av P

avlík

, PhD

.

Com

eniu

s Uni

vers

ity, B

ratis

lava

, Slo

vaki

a

1

Pron

unci

atio

n di

ffer

ence

s bet

wee

n B

ritis

h an

d A

mer

ican

Eng

lish

● B

rE a

nd A

mE

are

two

diff

eren

t (bu

t rel

ated

) var

ietie

s of E

nglis

h.

Q: C

an y

ou th

ink

of a

ny o

ther

var

ietie

s of E

nglis

h?

Bot

h B

rE a

nd A

mE

have

man

y di

ffer

ent d

iale

cts/

acce

nts,

but t

his d

iscu

ssio

n fo

cuse

s on

stan

dard

pron

unci

atio

n (th

e sp

eech

of e

duca

ted

spea

kers

).

BrE

Rec

eive

d Pr

onun

ciat

ion

– R

P (B

BC

, Oxf

ord

+ C

ambr

idge

dic

tiona

ries,

etc.

)

Am

E G

ener

al A

mer

ican

– G

A, N

etw

ork

Engl

ish,

Mid

wes

t acc

ent (

CN

N, N

PR, W

ebst

er d

ictio

narie

s)

Q: D

o yo

u kn

ow a

ny p

ronu

ncia

tion

diffe

renc

es b

etw

een

BrE

and

AmE?

E

xerc

ise

1. L

iste

n to

thes

e fiv

e di

ffer

ent s

peak

ers.

Are

they

Brit

ish

or A

mer

ican

? Sp

eake

r 1: P

resi

dent

Oba

ma

has a

nnou

nced

that

34

thou

sand

troo

ps w

ill b

e w

ithdr

awn

from

Afg

hani

stan

by

the

end

of n

ext s

umm

er.

Spea

ker 2

: Las

t mon

th P

resi

dent

Oba

ma

aske

d fo

r 80

mill

ion

dolla

rs ..

. Sp

eake

r 3: E

xper

ts a

re w

arni

ng th

at n

ew ty

pes o

f bac

teri

a ar

e be

com

ing

a pr

oble

m in

hos

pita

ls.

Spea

ker 4

. Rus

sian

scie

ntis

ts sa

y th

ey’v

e re

vive

d a

plan

t tha

t was

pre

serv

ed in

the

froz

en g

roun

d of

Si

beri

a fo

r mor

e th

an 3

0 th

ousa

nd y

ears

. Sp

eake

r 5: A

trai

n dr

iver

who

dra

nk a

bot

tle o

f whi

skey

whi

le o

n du

ty h

as b

een

jaile

d fo

r 135

day

s.

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PhD

r. Ra

dosl

av P

avlík

, PhD

.

Com

eniu

s Uni

vers

ity, B

ratis

lava

, Slo

vaki

a

2Th

e di

ffer

ence

s be

twee

n B

rE a

nd A

mE

will

be

desc

ribed

in

term

s of

4 m

ain

cate

gorie

s: v

owel

s, co

nson

ants

, stre

ss, a

nd n

on-s

yste

mat

ic p

ronu

ncia

tion

diff

eren

ces.

V

OW

EL

S Q

: Wha

t are

vow

els?

Q

: Wha

t is t

he d

iffer

ence

bet

wee

n m

onop

htho

ngs a

nd d

ipht

hong

s (pu

re v

owel

s and

glid

ing

vow

els)

?

Giv

e ex

ampl

es o

f mon

opht

hong

s and

dip

htho

ngs.

B

rE v

owel

syst

em

A

mE

vow

el sy

stem

//

sit

/e/ l

ate

//

sit

/e/ l

ate

/i/ m

eet

/a/ m

y

/i/ m

eet

/a/ m

y /

/ loo

k /

/ boy

// l

ook

// b

oy

/u/ f

ood

// n

o

/u/ f

ood

/o/ n

o /

/ dog

/a

/ how

// d

og

/a/ h

ow

// d

oor

// n

ear

/

/ doo

r /r

/ nea

r /

/ cut

/e

/ pai

r

// c

ut

/er/

pair

/

/ fat

her,

last

/

/ sur

e

// f

athe

r, co

p /

r/ su

re

// a

bout

, ten

der

// a

bout

// t

urn

/ÿ/

tend

er

/e

/ bed

/ÿ/

turn

// a

xe

/e/ b

ed

// a

xe, l

ast

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PhD

r. Ra

dosl

av P

avlík

, PhD

.

Com

eniu

s Uni

vers

ity, B

ratis

lava

, Slo

vaki

a

3●

In B

rE, v

owel

s suc

h as

//,

/e/,

//,

// o

r // a

re p

ure

mon

opht

hong

s – th

ey d

o no

t cha

nge

in q

ualit

y.

In

Am

E, th

ese

vow

els t

end

to b

e di

phth

ongi

zed

– th

ey sl

ight

ly c

hang

e th

eir q

ualit

y an

d so

me

of th

em

ar

e le

ngth

ened

(// a

nd /

/).

BrE

A

mE

fro

nt

cen

tral

b

ack

clos

e cl

ose-

mid

op

en-m

id

open

E

xerc

ise

2. L

iste

n to

the

vow

els /

/, /e

/, /

/, /

/ and

// p

rono

unce

d fir

st in

BrE

, the

n in

Am

E.

(a)

// –

if

(

b) /

/ – fo

ot

(c

) /e

/ – d

ebt

(d

) /

/ – a

dd

(e

) /

/ – o

ff E

xerc

ise

3. E

ach

of th

e fo

llow

ing

wor

ds is

pro

noun

ced

twic

e. In

dica

te B

rE a

nd A

mE

pron

unci

atio

n.

co

st

dam

age

is

sh

ook

less

1

.

2.

1.

2

.

1.

2.

1

.

2.

1.

2

. B

rE

A

mE

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PhD

r. Ra

dosl

av P

avlík

, PhD

.

Com

eniu

s Uni

vers

ity, B

ratis

lava

, Slo

vaki

a

4●

BrE

// =

Am

E /

/ in

wor

ds li

ke c

op, r

ock,

not

, etc

. (/

/ in

Am

E is

not

dip

htho

ngiz

ed).

B

rE /

/ = A

mE

// w

hen

follo

wed

by

/f, s,

, ŋ

, / (

rem

embe

r tha

t // i

n A

mE

is d

ipht

hong

ized

).

E

xam

ples

: sof

t, bo

ss, c

loth

, son

g, d

og, e

tc. S

ome

Am

E sp

eake

rs u

se /

/ in

this

con

text

.

BrE

// =

Am

E /

/ in

the

wor

ds w

ant,

wha

t, w

as, e

tc.

E

xerc

ise

4. F

ill in

the

corr

ect v

owel

sym

bol a

nd p

rono

unce

thes

e w

ords

in B

rE a

nd A

mE.

BrE

A

mE

B

rE

Am

E

(a) o

ften

/ f(

)n/

/ f

()n

/

(i) b

omb

/b

m/

/b

m/

(b) l

ock

/l

k/

/l

k/

(j) c

offe

e /k

f

/ /k

f

/ (c

) wro

ng

/r ŋ/

/r

ŋ/

(k) c

omm

on

/k

mn/

/k

m

n/

(d) f

rom

/fr

m

/ /fr

m

/

(l) c

ough

/k

f/

/k

f/

(e

) ato

mic

/

t m

k/

/t

mk/

(m) h

otdo

g /h

td

/

/h

td

/(f)

mot

h /m

/ /m

/

(n) w

ant

/w

nt/

/w

nt/

(g) b

ody

/b

d/

/b

d/

(o

) hoc

key

/h

k/

/h

k/

(h) c

ross

/k

r s/

/k

r s/

(p) l

oss

/l

s/

/l

s/

● B

rE /

/ = A

mE

// w

hen

follo

wed

by

/n, s

, f, v

, ,

/ (/

/ in

Am

E is

dip

htho

ngiz

ed).

E

xam

ples

: dan

ce, g

rass

, hal

f, ba

th, r

athe

r, et

c.

B

rE /

/ = A

mE

// w

hen

follo

wed

by

‘r’ i

n th

e sp

ellin

g an

d in

som

e ot

her w

ords

.

Exam

ples

: car

, har

m, c

alm

, pal

m, g

rand

pa, e

tc.

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PhD

r. Ra

dosl

av P

avlík

, PhD

.

Com

eniu

s Uni

vers

ity, B

ratis

lava

, Slo

vaki

a

5E

xerc

ise

5. F

ill in

the

corr

ect s

ymbo

l and

pro

noun

ce th

ese

wor

ds in

BrE

and

Am

E.

B

rE

Am

E

BrE

A

mE

(a

) gra

ph

/r

f/

/r

f/

(i)

laug

h /l

f/

/l

f/ (b

) gag

a /

/ /

/

(j) sp

a /s

p

/ /s

p

/ (c

) tar

get

/t

t/

/t

t/

(k

) ans

wer

/

ns

/ /

ns

ÿ/ (d

) can

’t /k

n

t/ /k

n

t/

(l) b

ar

/b

/

/b

/

(e) g

rand

ma

/r

(n)m

/

/r

(n)m

/

(m

) las

t /l

st

/ /l

st

/ (f)

staf

f /s

t f

/ /s

t f

/

(n) p

arki

ng

/p

kŋ/

/p

k

ŋ/

(g) a

rgue

/

ju

/ /

ju

/

(o) g

lass

/

l s

/ /

l s

/ (h

) apa

rt

/p

t/

/p

t/

(p

) bla

h-bl

ah/b

l b

l /

/bl

bl

/ E

xerc

ise

6. W

hich

wor

ds d

o th

e fo

llow

ing

trans

crip

tions

repr

esen

t in

BrE

and

Am

E?

B

ritis

h En

glis

h

Am

eric

an E

nglis

h (a

) /k/

_

____

____

____

__

_

____

____

____

__

(b) /

kp/

_

____

____

____

__

_

____

____

____

__

(c) /

mk/

__

____

____

____

_

_

____

____

____

__

(d) /

ht/

_

____

____

____

__

_

____

____

____

__

(e) /

d/

___

____

____

____

___

____

____

____

(f

) /p

sbl

/

____

____

____

___

___

____

____

____

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PhD

r. Ra

dosl

av P

avlík

, PhD

.

Com

eniu

s Uni

vers

ity, B

ratis

lava

, Slo

vaki

a

6●

BrE

// =

Am

E /

/ whe

n th

ere

is n

o ‘r

’ let

ter i

n th

e sp

ellin

g: a

bove

, sof

a, te

stam

ent,

omit,

etc

.

BrE

// =

Am

E /ÿ/

whe

n th

e le

tter ‘

r’ is

in th

e sp

ellin

g, e

.g. t

each

er, h

onou

r, pe

rmit,

etc

. ●

BrE

// =

Am

E /ÿ/

in w

ords

like

bur

n, re

turn

, urg

ent,

etc.

BrE

// =

Am

E /

/ in

wor

ds li

ke u

p, b

lood

, fro

nt, e

tc.

B

rE /

/ = A

mE

/ÿ/

in w

ords

like

wor

ry, h

urry

, cur

ry, e

tc.

For

exa

mpl

e B

rE /

wr/

= A

mE

/wÿr

/, B

rE /

hr/

= A

mE

/hÿr

/, et

c.

Exe

rcis

e 7.

Fill

in th

e co

rrec

t vow

el sy

mbo

l and

pro

noun

ce th

ese

wor

ds in

BrE

and

Am

E.

B

rE

Am

E

BrE

A

mE

(a

) Ric

hard

/r

t

d/

/rt

d/

(i) e

ver

/ev

/

/ev

/

(b) d

irt

/d

t/

/d

t/

(j)

serv

e /s

v

/ /s

v

/ (c

) hur

rica

ne

/h

rkn/

/h

rk

en/

(k) b

ucke

t /b

k

t/ /b

k

t/ (d

) doc

tor

/d

kt

/ /d

kt

/

(l)

forg

et

/f

et/

/f

et/

(e) c

urre

nt

/k

rnt

/ /k

r

nt/

(m

) scu

rry

/sk

r/

/sk

r/

(f) u

rban

/

b

n/

/

bn/

(n) e

arth

/

/

/

/ (g

) dol

lar

/d

l /

/d

l /

(o

) dan

ger

/de

nd

//d

end

/

(h) o

ven

/ v

n/

/ v

n/

(p

) sto

mac

h /s

t m

k//s

t m

k/

● B

rE /

/ = A

mE

/o/ i

n w

ords

like

go,

clo

se, n

o, e

tc.

● B

rE /

/, /e

/, /

/ = A

mE

/r/,

/er/,

/r/

in w

ords

like

fear

, bea

r, to

ur, e

tc.

● B

rE /a

/ = A

mE

// i

n w

ords

like

civ

iliza

tion,

org

aniza

tion,

etc

. (-iz

atio

n)

● B

rE w

ord-

final

/al/

= A

mE

/()l/

in so

me

2-sy

llabl

e w

ords

end

ing

in -i

le: f

ragi

le, m

issi

le, m

obile

, etc

.

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PhD

r. Ra

dosl

av P

avlík

, PhD

.

Com

eniu

s Uni

vers

ity, B

ratis

lava

, Slo

vaki

a

7 E

xerc

ise

8. L

iste

n to

the

fol

low

ing

wor

ds.

Are

the

y pr

onou

nced

in

BrE

or

Am

E? C

ircle

the

cor

rect

an

swer

. (a

) slo

w

BrE

A

mE

(e

) fra

gile

B

rEA

mE

(b) y

ear

BrE

A

mE

(f

) air

line

BrE

Am

E

(c) c

ivili

zatio

n B

rE

Am

E

(g) s

hare

B

rEA

mE

(d) h

ostil

e B

rE

Am

E

(h) c

oast

B

rEA

mE

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PhD

r. Ra

dosl

av P

avlík

, PhD

.

Com

eniu

s Uni

vers

ity, B

ratis

lava

, Slo

vaki

a

8

CO

NSO

NA

NT

S Q

: Wha

t is a

con

sona

nt?

Giv

e so

me

exam

ples

. ●

In B

rE (R

P), t

he le

tter ‘

r’ is

pro

noun

ced

only

whe

n fo

llow

ed b

y a

vow

el (i

n pr

onun

ciat

ion)

, e.g

. rat

,

far a

way

, unr

easo

nabl

e, e

tc.

In

Am

E (G

A),

the

lette

r ‘r’

is a

lway

s pro

noun

ced,

and

it c

an fu

nctio

n ei

ther

as a

vow

el o

r a c

onso

nant

,

e.g

. tea

cher

, for

get,

hear

, rid

e, e

tc.

● Th

e co

nson

ant /

r/ ha

s a d

iffer

ent q

ualit

y in

BrE

and

Am

E.

B

rE p

osta

lveo

lar

Am

E re

trofle

x

A

mE

bunc

hed

BrE

uns

tress

ed in

terv

ocal

ic /t

/ = A

mE

/ t /

(fla

pped

/t/ –

a v

oice

d so

und

betw

een

/d/ a

nd /

/) in

wor

ds

lik

e ei

ghty

, lat

er, g

et o

ut, e

tc.

● B

rE u

nstre

ssed

/nt/

or /

nt/ =

Am

E /n

(t)/ o

r /n(

t)ÿ/

in w

ords

like

ple

nty,

win

ter,

etc.

BrE

sequ

ence

s /tju

/, /d

ju/,

/nju

/, et

c. =

Am

E /t(

j)u/,

/d(j)

u/,

/n(j)

u/,

in w

ords

like

tune

, dut

y, n

ew, e

tc.

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PhD

r. Ra

dosl

av P

avlík

, PhD

.

Com

eniu

s Uni

vers

ity, B

ratis

lava

, Slo

vaki

a

9 E

xerc

ise

9. F

ill in

the

corr

ect c

onso

nant

sym

bol a

nd p

rono

unce

thes

e w

ords

in B

rE a

nd A

mE.

BrE

A

mE

B

rE

Am

E

(a) a

tom

/

m

/ /

m

/

(i) a

bilit

y /

bl

/

/b

l

/ (b

) tw

enty

/t

wen

/

/tw

en

/

(j) d

entis

t /d

en

st/

/den

st

/ (c

) due

/d

u/

/d u

/

(k) T

uesd

ay

/t u

zd(e

)/

/t u

zd(e

)/

(d) a

rtic

le

/

kl/

/

kl/

(l)

mat

ter

/m

/ /m

ÿ/

(e) i

nter

natio

nal

/n

n

nl/

/n

ÿnnl

/

(m) c

entr

e /s

en

/ /s

en ÿ/

(f) re

sidu

e /r

ezd

u/

/rez

d u

/

(n) m

etal

/m

e l

/ /m

e l

/ (g

) com

pute

r /k

mpj

u

/ /k

mpj

u ÿ/

(o

) neu

tral

/n

utr

l/ /n

utr

l/ (h

) ent

er

/en

/

/en

ÿ/

(p

) par

ty

/p

/ /p

/

STR

ESS

In B

rE, t

he w

ord-

final

sequ

ence

s -ar

y, -b

erry

, -or

y, a

nd -m

ony

are

unst

ress

ed, i

n A

mE

they

hav

e

seco

ndar

y st

ress

: m

ilita

ry:

B

rE /

ml

tr/ –

Am

E /m

lte

r/

blac

kber

ry:

BrE

/bl

kb(

)r/ –

Am

E /b

lk

ber/

la

vato

ry:

B

rE /

lv

tr/ –

Am

E /l

vt

r/

test

imon

y:

BrE

/te

stm

n/ –

Am

E /t

est

mo

n/

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.

Com

eniu

s Uni

vers

ity, B

ratis

lava

, Slo

vaki

a

10●

2-sy

llabl

e ve

rbs e

ndin

g in

-ate

hav

e st

ress

on

the

first

sylla

ble

in A

mE,

but

on

the

seco

nd in

BrE

. di

ctat

e: B

rE /d

kte

t/ –

Am

E /d

kte

t/ do

nate

: BrE

/dne

t/ –

Am

E /d

one

t/ ●

Som

e w

ords

(sim

ple

or c

ompo

und)

hav

e a

diff

eren

t stre

ss p

atte

rn in

BrE

and

Am

E:

café

:

BrE

/k

fe/ –

Am

E /k

fe/,

/kfe

/ w

eeke

nd:

B

rE /

wik

end/

– A

mE

/wik

end/

ic

e-cr

eam

: B

rE /

ask

rim

/ – A

mE

/ask

rim

/ Ex

erci

se 1

0. F

ill in

the

mis

sing

sym

bols

and

pla

ce st

ress

(prim

ary

or se

cond

ary)

cor

rect

ly o

n th

ese

wor

ds.

B

rE

Am

E

(a) c

erem

ony

/ ser

m

n /

/ ser

m

n /

(b) b

alle

t / b

le /

/ b le

/ (c

) dic

tiona

ry

/ dk

r

/ / d

k

r /

(d) l

ocat

e / l

ket /

/ l

oke

t /

(e) m

agaz

ine

/ mzi

n /

/ mzi

n /

(f) c

ateg

ory

/ kt

r /

/ kt

r

/(g

) pea

nut b

utte

r / p

int b

t /

/ pin

t btÿ /

(h) m

igra

te

/ ma

ret /

/ m

are

t /

(i) st

raw

berr

y / s

trb(

)r /

/ str

ber

/

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av P

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, PhD

.

Com

eniu

s Uni

vers

ity, B

ratis

lava

, Slo

vaki

a

11

NO

N-S

YST

EMA

TIC

PR

ON

UN

CIA

TIO

N D

IFFE

REN

CES

Th

ere

is a

num

ber

of w

ords

whi

ch c

anno

t be

tra

nsfo

rmed

fro

m B

rE t

o A

mE

by m

eans

of

sim

ple

syst

emat

ic ru

les.

Her

e ar

e so

me

exam

ples

. ad

vert

isem

ent:

B

rE /

dv

tsm

nt/ –

Am

E /

dvÿt

azm

nt/

depo

t:

BrE

/ de

p/ –

Am

E /d

ipo

/ va

se:

B

rE /v

z/ –

Am

E /v

es/

Q

: How

man

y di

ffere

nces

can

you

iden

tify

in th

e Br

E an

d Am

E pr

onun

ciat

ion

of th

e w

ord

‘adv

ertis

emen

t’?

Exe

rcis

e 11

. Pro

noun

ce th

ese

wor

ds. D

eter

min

e w

hich

pro

nunc

iatio

n is

Brit

ish

and

whi

ch is

Am

eric

an.

(a)

leis

ure

/le

/ /l

iÿ/

(b)

eith

er

/iÿ/

/a/

(c)

glac

ier

/l

s/

/le

ÿ/ (d

) la

bora

tory

/l

brt

r/

/lb

rtr

/ (e

) m

oust

ache

/m

st/

/mst

/ (f

) sc

hedu

le

/ed

jul/

/ske

du

l/ (g

) to

mat

o /t

me

to/

/tm

t/

(h)

figur

e /f

/ /f

jÿ/

(i)

reco

rd (n

.) /r

ekÿd

/ /r

ekd/

(j)

ze

bra

/zeb

r/

/zib

r/

(k)

prog

ress

/p

rre

s/

/pr

res/

(l)

M

osco

w

/msk

a/

/msk

/

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.

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eniu

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vers

ity, B

ratis

lava

, Slo

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a

12K

ey to

Exe

rcis

e 1.

Sp

eake

r 1: B

ritis

h Pr

esid

ent O

bam

a ha

s ann

ounc

ed th

at 3

4 th

ousa

nd tr

oops

will

be

with

draw

n fr

om A

fgha

nist

an b

y th

e en

d of

nex

t sum

mer

. B

rE

/t/

/f

/ → /f

/ /fr

m/ →

/fr

m/

/f

nst

n/

/v/

→ /

v/

/sm

/ A

mE

/ÿt

/ /f

r/ →

/fÿ/

/frm

/ → /f

rm

//

fn

stn/

/v/

→ /

v/

/sm

ÿ/ Sp

eake

r 2: A

mer

ican

La

st m

onth

Pre

side

nt O

bam

a as

ked

for 8

0 m

illio

n do

llars

...

BrE

/l

st/

/sk

t/ /f

/ → /f

/ /e

t/

/dl

z/

Am

E /l

st/

/sk

t/ /f

r/ →

/fÿ/

/et/

/d

lÿz

/ Sp

eake

r 3: B

ritis

h Ex

pert

s are

war

ning

that

new

type

s of b

acte

ria

are

beco

min

g a

prob

lem

in h

ospi

tals

. B

rE

/eks

pts

/ /w

nŋ/

/n

ju/

/v/

→ /

v/

/bk

tr

/ /

/ → /

/ /p

rbl

m/

/hsp

tlz/

Am

E /e

kspÿt

s/

/wrn

ŋ/

/nu

/ /

v/ →

/v/

/b

ktr

/ /

r/ →

/ÿ/

/pr

blm

//h

sptlz

/ Sp

eake

r 4: A

mer

ican

Ru

ssia

n sc

ient

ists

say

the

y’ve

rev

ived

a p

lant

tha

t w

as p

rese

rved

in

the

froz

en g

roun

d of

Sib

eria

for

mor

e th

an 3

0 th

ousa

nd y

ears

. B

rE

/pl

nt/

/wz/

→ /w

z/

/pr

zvd

/ /f

/ → /f

/ /m

/ /

t/

/jz/

A

mE

/pl

nt/

/wz/

→ /w

z/

/pr

zÿv

d/

/fr/ →

/fÿ/

/mr/

/ÿt

/ /j

rz/

Spea

ker 5

: Brit

ish

A tr

ain

driv

er w

ho d

rank

a b

ottle

of w

hisk

ey w

hile

on

duty

has

bee

n ja

iled

for 1

35 d

ays.

BrE

/d

rav

/ /b

tl/

/v/

→ /

v/

/n/

/d

jut/

/h

z/ →

/(h)

z/

/bi(

)n/

/f/ →

/f/

/t/

A

mE

/dra

vÿ/

/btl/

/

v/ →

/v/

/

n//d

ut/

/h

z/ →

/(h)

z/

/bn/

/f

r/ →

/fÿ/

/ÿt

/

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vers

ity, B

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lava

, Slo

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a

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