#17 World Englishes: Received Pronunciation

❗️ Received Pronunciation or also just called RP is Standard British English. Other names of it are Oxford English and BBC English. It does not have any grammatical or lexical features and is historically based on the London accent of English but now used by anyone in England. But some people are against it, saying that RP sounds arrogant and not local enough. Nowadays local dialects are more accepted in society, even on the BBC.

🔘 Pronunciation: Most noticeable is probably the missing r pronunciation in words like “car” or “heard”. However, an r may be added between words in vowel linking where there is no written “r”, e.g. “the law ͜ r ͜ of nature”. The clear t sound in “water” and “butter” is thought to be a sign of RP. Generally RP speakers try to speak clearly at all times.

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#18 World Englishes: Australian English

❗️ The 25 million people that inhabit (=live in) Australia are affectionately (=in a loving or friendly way) called “Aussies” ['ɒzi:z] by non-Australians. Their accent is similar to British English, especially among educated speakers.

🔘 Pronunciation: Aussie English is non-rhotic, meaning that the letter r is not pronounced after vowels – “car” is pronounced as [ka:]. The British [æ] sound (“apple”) is pronounced like a long e:, the short e sounds like a French é (“café”), and the double vowel [aʊ] (“cow”) becomes a triple vowel [eaʊ].

🔘 Grammar: As in parts of Britain, the possessive my can become me, e.g. “Where’s me umbrella?”

🔘 Vocabulary: Besides the greeting Good Day, Aussies really love shortening words, as you can see in the video below. Some of these have become fashionable elsewhere too, especially defo for definitely. Popular words include mate (AmE “buddy”) and bloke (AmE “guy”).

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#19 World Englishes: Cockney

❗️ The Cockney accent of English originated in East London where most people were poor. Cockney speakers used to be discriminated for their accent but that has changed. Nowadays it’s cool to speak Cockney, and this accent has had a big influence on Standard British English, especially ‘street language’.

🔘 Pronunciation: Very noticeable is the “glottal stop” – not pronouncing the [t] in the middle and end of words, e.g. button becomes bu’on; the schwa sound [ə] at the end of words is a straight [a:]; the [h] in the beginning of words is skipped and the ‘th’ sounds are [f] and [v] – brother sounds more like bruvva.

🔘 Grammar: My is me, e.g. Me dad’s car and there are double negatives, like I don’t know nothing.

🔘 Vocabulary: Beautiful or handsome are both fit, money is dosh or dough, and girlfriend is missus.

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#20 World Englishes: German English

❗️ German speakers come from Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Many of them know English quite well and travel the world, both for business and tourism. So there is a chance that you will hear them or even talk to them at some point in your life!

🔘 Pronunciation: Like so many people on Earth, German speakers may struggle with the English ‘th’ sounds. They also tend to over-pronounce the [ɜ:] sound as in girl. Consonants in the end position are always hard in German, so dog may become dock and god may sound like got. [w] may be turned into [v]. German speakers are also bad with linking between words.

🔘 Grammar: Tenses are less complicated in German, so expect some trouble here.

🔘 Vocabulary: The word already and can be overused they use or as a tag question, e.g. You are already ready, or? Besides, there is often confusion with similar words that have different meanings, like become and bekommen (to get).

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World Englishes: The End

It’s been one year now that Afandi is bringing you World Englishes, making you feel the bigness of the English language and of the world. Time to review and enjoy all 20 amazing Englishes!

🇸🇬 #1 Singapore English
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 #2 Scottish English
🇯🇲 #3 Caribbean English
🇨🇳 #4 Chinese English
🇳🇿 #5 New Zealand English
🇦🇪 #6 Dubai English
🇺🇸 #7 Southern US English
🇳🇬 #8 West African Pidgin
🇮🇳 #9 Indian English
🇮🇪 #10 Irish English
🇵🇭 #11 Pinoy English
🇪🇺 #12 Euro English
🇯🇵 #13 Japanglish
🇨🇦 #14 Canadian English
🇿🇦 #15 South African
🇺🇸 #16 New York English
🇬🇧 #17 Received Pronunciation
🇦🇺 #18 Australian English
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 #19 Cockney
🇩🇪 #20 German English

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#39 Know Your World: English-speaking countries' song

▶️ There are so many countries in the world where English is used as an official language. Hearing a presentation or reading about that is probably quite boring, so someone made a song out of it. Hope that makes it easier to remember!

Check out some of the “Englishes”, i.e. varieties of English, are spoken around the world: https://t.me/afandi_english/793

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#16 World Food: 🇳🇬Nigerian Street Food

▶️ Join us on a food tour through Lagos, Nigeria. Travel from the comfort of your sofa, imagine the tastes and enjoy the beautiful and infectious (=spreading like a disease) accent!

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#46 Know Your World: English from another world

▶️ Watch this short video about Emmanuella, a teenage 🇳🇬Nigerian comedy star who built a house for her parents at just 10 years old, and check how much Pidgin English you can understand.

Pidgin is a blend of English and local languages. It has become the #1 lingua franca (=language used for communication between speakers of different languages) of Nigeria, Africa’s most populous (=having a large population) nation. Pidgin is so big that the BBC broadcasts in it. Read more about this new language.

🔤 Subtitles provided (also in Pidgin).

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