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  2. North American English regional phonology - Wikipedia

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    The New York City dialect (with New Orleans English an intermediate sub-type between NYC and Southern) is defined by: No cot–caught merger: the cot vowel is [ɑ̈~ɑ] and caught vowel is [ɔə~ʊə]; this severe distinction is the triggering event for the Back Vowel Shift before /r/ (/ʊə/ ← /ɔ(r)/ ← /ɑr/) [22] Non-rhoticity or ...

  3. New Jersey English - Wikipedia

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    Despite popular stereotypes in the media that there is a singular New Jersey accent, there are in fact several distinct accents native to the U.S. state of New Jersey, [1] none being confined only to New Jersey. Therefore, the term New Jersey English is diverse in meaning and often misleading, and it may refer to any of the following dialects ...

  4. Sound correspondences between English accents - Wikipedia

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    The International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) can be used to represent sound correspondences among various accents and dialects of the English language.. These charts give a diaphoneme for each sound, followed by its realization in different dialects.

  5. List of shibboleths - Wikipedia

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    Newark, Delaware: The town is pronounced / ˈ nj uː ɑːr k / NEW-ark though many outsiders will conflate the pronunciation with Newark, New Jersey, pronounced / ˈ nj uː ər k / NEW-ərk. Hampton Roads, Virginia: Locals pronounce the name of Norfolk, Virginia, as / ˈ n ɔːr f ʊ k / NOR-fuuk, while most visitors pronounce it as / ˈ n ...

  6. List of irregularly spelled places in the United States

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    Also the city in New Hampshire Leicester, Massachusetts: like Lester / ˈ l ɛ s t ər / [n 19] Leicester, Vermont: LY-stər / ˈ l aɪ s t ər / Lemhi County: LEM-hy / ˈ l ɛ m h aɪ / Lemoore: lə-MOR / l ə ˈ m ɔːr / Colloquial pronunciation LEE-mor / ˈ l iː m ɔːr / Official pronunciation Leominster: LEM-in-stər / ˈ l ɛ m ɪ n s t ...

  7. Rhode Island pronunciation guide: 35 names that visitors and ...

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    Opinions on how to pronounce the name of the Providence hill and its namesake park vary: Some people say "NEW-tah-kon-kuh-nut," which is probably correct. But plenty of others, including those who ...

  8. Northern American English - Wikipedia

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    Northern American English or Northern U.S. English (also, Northern AmE) is a class of historically related American English dialects, spoken by predominantly white Americans, [1] in much of the Great Lakes region and some of the Northeast region within the United States.

  9. New York accent - Wikipedia

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    Furthermore, New York City's closest New Jersey neighbors, like Newark and Jersey City, may be non-rhotic like the city itself. Outside of these cities, however, the New York metropolitan speech of New Jersey is nowadays fully rhotic, so the phrase "over there" might be pronounced "ovah deah" [ɔʊvə ˈd̪ɛə] by a native of Newark but "over ...