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London (Cockney / Estuary)

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United Kingdom · London and the Thames Estuary

Cockney and Estuary English are the two ends of one London continuum, and this preset sits toward the broader end. The whole diphthong system is rotated: FACE opens to [æɪ], PRICE backs to [ɑɪ], MOUTH fronts to [æʊ] and GOAT starts from an open back position. The consonants carry the rest: /t/ is a glottal stop almost everywhere including between vowels, TH fronts to [f] and [v] (with word-initial 'that' keeping its [ð]), coda /l/ vocalizes to a [w], word-initial /h/ drops, and yod coalesces so 'tune' begins like 'chew'. Non-rhotic.

T-glottalization everywhere (butter = bu'er)TH-fronting (think = fink)L-vocalization (milk = miwk)H-droppingRotated diphthongs: FACE, PRICE, MOUTH, GOAT

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Active features

Every phonetic parameter that deviates from this schema’s diffing anchor, with a plain-English gloss.

FeatureValueMeaningDrill
LanguagelanguageenDrill
Mixed Languagesmixed_languagesDrill
S Treatments_treatmentstandardDrill
D Intervocalicd_intervocalicstandardDrill
D Finald_finalstandardDrill
R Infinitiver_infinitivestandardDrill
R Initialr_initialapproximantDrill
N Final Velarizationn_final_velarizationNoDrill
Final Consonant Dropfinal_consonant_dropnoneDrill
Vowel Reductionvowel_reductioncrisp_openDrill
Syllable Timingsyllable_timingstress_timedDrill
L Vocalizationl_vocalizationYesDrill
T Glottalizationt_glottalizationgeneralDrill
Th Realizationth_realizationfrontingDrill
Yod Behaviouryod_behaviourcoalescedDrill
H Droppingh_droppingYesDrill