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Indian
English Other
Sounds Please
note: the words and symbols below refer to the British English sounds.
They |
| middle, modal, puddle, little, it'll, metal ("lateral plosion") |
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| couldn't, mightn't, had never, Britain, Briton ("nasal plosion") | |||
| you and me, James and Clarissa | |||
| want to go (or 'wanna go'); going to go (or 'gonna go' or 'genna go'); with "d": got to go; with "t": liked to, had to go | |||
| should have, could have, would have | |||
| should not have, could not have, would not have | |||
| "I would not do that if I were you" | |||
| "I would have ignored them" | |||
| "You should not have done that" | |||
| Light: leg, loop, illegal | |||
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"I found them with some others at a pub not far from the hotel." |
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situation, action, nation, rational, shenanigans |
NB: Our speaker insisted that elision is not an Indian English practice
Our warmest thanks go to ...
| Speaker | Geographical origin | Date of recording | Approx age |
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Mrs Rajni Singhani |
Udaipur, Rajasthan | Feb 25, 2006 |
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