I've found a few mistakes in this first edition so I'll do a redo. Perhaps
some of you would like to contribute editorial or phonetic suggestions.
This would be a good time. Truespel Book One is located below.
Truespel Book One: Analysis of the Sounds (Phonemes) of USA English
http://www.1stbooks.com/cgi-bin/1st?partner~1st|type~6|Data1~16593
Convert English to truespel (USA accent) by copy/pasting at
http://www.foreignword.com/dictionary/truespel/transpel.htm
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thanks
Tom Zurinskas
>From: John Wells <[log in to unmask]>
>To: Tom Zurinskas <[log in to unmask]>, [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: UK,USA difrintsiz
>Date: Wed, 15 May 2002 12:17:18 +0100
>
>Tom -
>
>I don't know how familiar you are with the differences between British RP
>and mainstream American pronunciation. Some of your transcriptions here
>suggest you aren't actually very familiar with RP.
>
>We have a three-way distinction of vowels in sets such as author (THOUGHT)
>- bother (LOT) - father (START). None of these is the same as STRUT. For
>me, the second syllable of 'because' has either the vowel of LOT or a schwa
>(but not the vowel of STRUT, which is different from schwa, although your
>scheme doesn't allow for this). 'At all' has a schwa in the first syllable.
>I think my pronunciation of 'vocabulary' would be the same as yours, except
>for the reduction of the penultimate vowel to schwa. 'Lots' does not rhyme
>with 'cuts', but with 'cots', and this is of course a rounded vowel similar
>to some Americans' (but not my) 'thoughts'.
>
>And so on.
>
>John Wells
>
>
>At 16:52 14/05/2002 +0000, you wrote:
> >John,
> >
> >Cruising national public radio files at npr.org I came across a recorded
> >interview of yours on a study you did of changing pronunciation. So I
> >spelled your accent in truespel. The only word that made me pause was
> >vocabulary.
> >
> >I would suspect in USA, as the commentator said, there may be a shifing
> >toward British accents with so much tele/radio mixing in the accents. A
> >recent Disney production Dynotopia, has quite a few British accents in
>it.
> >
> >tom
> >
> >
> >Britsh vs USA accents written in truespel from
> >Weekend Edition - Saturday
> >Saturday, September 25, 1999
> >John Wells recorded interview on a
> >survey of word pronunciation of young Britains
> >http://search1.npr.org/opt/collections/torched/wesa/data_wesa/seg_64517.htm
> >
> >(truespel hints long vowels are spelled ae,ee,ie,oe,ue - "eu" is said
> >like "er" without the "r" - a double consonant precedes a stressed
>syllable,
> >else first syllable is stressed}
> >
> >tradspel truespel-Wells truespel-USA
> >
> >because bikkaus bikkuz
> >under undu under
> >at all ettaul at aul
> >vocabulary vukkablueree voekkabyuelairee
> >granted graantid grantid
> >lots luts laats
> >and aand and
> >farmer faamu faarmer
> >older oeldu oelder
> >important imppautint impportint
> >first feust ferst
> >certainly seutinlee sertinlee (both could be gottal
>stops for t )
> >hardly haadlee haardlee
> >word weud werd
> >corse kaus kors
> >involved invvulvd invvaalvd
> >clear kleeu kleer
> >fire faa fieyer
> >english Eenglish (same)
> >thing thheeng (same)
> >influence influents influewints
> >cheers cheeuz cheerz
> >intonation intoennashin intoennaeshin
> >First American innovation replacing t with d between vowels as in
> > atom vs adom
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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