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I've been listening to the BBC webradio quite a lot in the last few days. And every now and then I'd hear somebody pronounce the [ʌ] sound in words like discussion, percussion or result like [ʊ]. So they would sound like [dɪˈskʊʃn], [pəˈkʊʃn] and [rɪˈzʊlt].
My question now is: What kind of British accent is that? Is it Estuary English?
I'd appreciate any help.
Cheers
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I think that would be a Northern English accent (not Estuary). In Northern England (Lancashire, Yorkshire, etc) it's common for /U/ to be used where other dialects use /V/.
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Your transcription comes out as boxes for me. I suggest you use X-SAMPA.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-SAMPA
Judging on Lazar's response, though, it seems that this may be the product of the FOOT-STRUT split.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goose-foot-strut_merger_and_split#Foot-strut_split
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<<Your transcription comes out as boxes for me.>>
Actually they came out as boxes for me as well. I just copy-pasted them into MS Word and put them in a Unicode font. ;-)
But I agree that it's much easier if everyone uses X-SAMPA.
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hi
dear/madam /sir
how can get the best way in the english like british
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Take classes that use British English accents, grammar, and style.
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<<I've been listening to the BBC webradio quite a lot in the last few days. And every now and then I'd hear somebody pronounce the [ʌ] sound in words like discussion, percussion or result like [ʊ]. So they would sound like [dɪˈskʊʃn], [pəˈkʊʃn] and [rɪˈzʊlt].
My question now is: What kind of British accent is that? Is it Estuary English?>>
As the others mentioned, that's Northern English. I was watching a few clips of some of the Beatles' movies yesterday and they definitely had those northern pronunciations. I think I remember Ringo saying "rubbish" as ["r\UbIS].
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