A World of Englishes

The view of an Inner Circle phonetician.

Tuesday, 15 April 2014

The Guess List: a study in /t/ elision

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The BBC is airing a new game show on Saturday nights hosted by the wonderful Rob Brydon and amusingly entitled The Guess List. You can read ...
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Thursday, 19 December 2013

Syllable structure matters

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You know, I can't remember who I was talking to about this recently or why we got on to the topic, but I have always done my best to edu...
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Wednesday, 11 December 2013

Flipping phonetics

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I am so sorry I've not posted for a while; it's been a hectic term! One of the reasons it's been hectic is because I've be...
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Friday, 13 September 2013

Intonation and train announcements

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This is a post about the intonation of announcements on trains in the UK.  I didn't actually think it was worth posting on this topic ...
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Thursday, 29 August 2013

The International Phonetic Alphabet

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I was recently asked to contribute some history and other information on the IPA chart for Babel Magazine 's fourth issue. The text bel...
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Wednesday, 19 June 2013

Is /ə/ "real"?

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"Is schwa a real phoneme?" asked a first year student, during a preliminary session preparing them for transcription in the second...
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Monday, 13 May 2013

Supper's Ready - let's celebrate!

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I was at the  Steve Hackett  Genesis Revisited II concert in London on Friday, and what a fantastic show it was! Excellent to be transport...
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I'm Professor of Phonetics at the University of Reading, UK. I'm also vocalist in a classic rock covers band - Swallow - and I'm a sci-fi nut. Opinions my own.
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