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West country accents are where the Rs broadly come back, and are even emphasised (think pirate speak if you are American, this is the accent it was based on).
by tomxor 5y ago
West country accents are where the Rs broadly come back, and are even emphasised (think pirate speak if you are American, this is the accent it was based on).
source: I grew up there.
- alistairSH 5y agoI was thinking most of the Scottish accents, since I’m a Scottish expat. I’ve been in the US nearly 40 years and still get asked to say phrases with lots of Rs and WHs whenever I’ve had a few drinks and my accent comes back. Funny aside - Mom was an ESOL teacher in the US and got some funny looks from colleagues because her students had “odd” pronunciation habits. WH was the big one - in the US it’s a much softer sound than most British accents.