Let me introduce about British accents. In British accents, I focused on dialects. There're lots of dialects in England. I'm gonna introduce some of them.
○ Newcastle ~Geordie~
People who live in around New castle are called "Geordies". Geordies is also the name of a dialect. It is said that this dialect is the most unique of all British English dialects.
・Features
When prepositions are connected with a vowel “v” sound appears.
Ex) Get into a car. = Get intiv a car.
They often pronounce prepostions like these.
Ex) intae = into, tae = to, ontae = onto
Geordies say "Wiyi man!" instead of "Hello!".
Geordies don’t pronounce the preposition “of” preceding a noun.
Ex) a bit _ food. ( They don't say "of")
○ Liverpool ~Scouse~
People who live in Liverpool are called "Scousers" or "Liverpudlians". "Scouse" is the dialect of Liverpool.
・Features
They pronounce “r” instead of “t”, but it is possible when verbs which end with “t” are connected with words beginning with a vowel.
Ex) get it = Gerit, what if = wharif
“TH” sound → f,v
They pronounce "TH" sound as "d" or "v". They pronounce "d" if the "TH" sound is in the biggining of words, while they pronounce "v" if the "TH" sound is in the middle of words.
Ex) the = de, mother = movver
they = thee or dee
A word "they" is pronounced "thee" or "dee".
○ Manchester
People who live in Manchester are called "Mancunian". "Mancunian" is also the name of a dialect.
・Features
They pronounce “er” as “or” if the “er” sound is in the end of words.
Ex) foreigner = foreignor
They pronounce “y” as “eh” if the “y” is in the end of words.
Ex) city = citeh
Mancunians pronounce vowel sounds very clearly. For example, They extend length of "a" sound.
Ex) Far = Faar
○ Birmingham ~Brummie~
People who live in Birmingham are called "Brummie". " Brummie" is also the name of a dialect.
・Features
They pronounce “I” as “oy”.
Ex) I quite like it = Oy kwoyt loyk it.
They pronounce “you” as “yow”.
They pronounce “y” as “ay” if “y” are in the end of words.
Ex) probably = probablay, happy = happay
○Dorset ~Country~
People who live in around Dorset are called "Country". "Country" is also the name of a dialect.
・Features
They pronounce “y” as “ei” if “y” is in the end of words.
Ex) party = partei
They pronounce “s” as “z”, “f” as “v”.
Ex) skan = zkan, feel = veel
They pronounce words which contain “r” before vowels as “ur”.
Ex) create = curte, break = burk
○East London
People who live in East London are called "Cockney". "Cockney" is also the name of a dialect.
・Features
They don’t pronounce “t” sound.
Ex) water = wa_er
See you later = See you la_er
A little bit = a li__le bi_
They pronounce “TH” sound as “f” or “v”.
Ex) three = free, father = faver
They pronounce "f" if the "TH" sound is in the biggining of words and they pronounce "v" if the "TH" sound is in the middle of words.
Some Cockney use "ain't" instead of "isn't","am not","are not","has not","have not".
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