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Northern English <flood> as [flud]
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Ruud Harmsen
Nov 21, 2009, 11:16:37 AM11/21/09
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/cumbria/8366693.stm
[...] <flood water> [fludwO:t@]
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[...] <flood water> [fludwO:t@]
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Adam Funk
Nov 24, 2009, 10:59:55 AM11/24/09
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On 2009-11-21, Ruud Harmsen wrote:
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/cumbria/8366693.stm
> [...] <flood water> [fludwO:t@]
Sounds more like [flUd] than [flud] to me. I think this is normal in
most midlands and northern English accents, where "flood" rhymes with
"wood" and "mushy" with "pushy".
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