In my speech, "bread" tends to sound like "braired" rather than rhyming with "head". It is not homophonous with "bred". Is this the same for all Australians? I'm mainly asking for responses from Australians as I believe this is an Australian only thing.
braired
I don't think it's the same for all of us but that's the way I pronounce the word.
bred = [bred]
bread = [bre:d]
bred = [bred]
bread = [bre:d]
A lot of Queenslanders pronounce it that way. I simply pronounce them both with a short vowel.
Do you also have a long vowel in "mirror"? ie. not the long vowel in "knee" but to rhyme with "nearer". If you do, I figure you're a Queenslander.
Do you also have a long vowel in "mirror"? ie. not the long vowel in "knee" but to rhyme with "nearer". If you do, I figure you're a Queenslander.
My first vowel of "mirror" is nice & short unlike that of "nearer" but I'm from Sydney.
mirror = [mIr\@]
nearer = [nI:r\@]
mirror = [mIr\@]
nearer = [nI:r\@]