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Additional consonants
Some speakers in Scotland and Northern Ireland have two additional
consonants - the <hw> sound used in words like whisper and when and the
guttural sound used for the final consonant in the Scots word loch. The IPA
symbol for <hw> is /?/. Speakers in Scotland and Northern Ireland may well,
therefore, distinguish between words such as which and witch or whine and
wine. The IPA symbol for the consonant in loch is /x/. This sound is used very
rarely - most commonly on the exclamation, och, or on place names, such as
Auchtermuchty and occasionally on local dialect words or on words of Gaelic
origin. Many speakers in Wales on the other hand use 25 consonants - the
same inventory as RP but with an additional <hl> sound. This sound is
restricted to place names such as Llanelli. The IPA symbol for this consonant
is // and many speakers in England have great difficulty pronouncing it.
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<k> cut, kiss, lucky, occur, stomach, cheque, /k/ were Stannington
Iraq, pukka striking up a Byker
conversation Whitehaven
note also the <kw> sound in words Middlesbrough
such as queen & acquire and the <ks> Birkenhead
sound in words like six North Elmham
Norwich
Peckham
Bangor
Bleanish
Island
see also T-
tapping, T-
voicing and T-
glottaling
connected
speech
processes
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TH-fronting
MMB Hackney
Peckham
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http://www.bl.uk/learning/langlit/sounds/case-studies/received-pronunciation/consonants/ 4/6
12/5/2017 Received Pronunciation
see also
R-tapping
in connected
speech
processes
http://www.bl.uk/learning/langlit/sounds/case-studies/received-pronunciation/consonants/ 5/6
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