English Language Idiosyncrasy - Dragon-and-Crane-Dojo/learn GitHub Wiki

  • Gallagher - Comb/Tomb/Poem bit

  • same-word pronunciation changes: "electrikity"

  • any vowel schwa:

    • a:
    • e:
    • i:
    • o:
    • u: wonderful

  • plural S pronunciation

    • "z": flowers
    • "c": hats

  • contraction - written

    • is not → isn't
    • will not → won't
    • can not → cannot → can't

  • contraction - spoken only

    • button → bu-on
    • sit down → si-down

  • i → y

    • onion → on-yon

  • elevator floors

    • US: "1st floor" = ground level
    • EU: "1st floor" = 1 floor up

  • negation of a negative

    • "You're not going to the party tonight?"
      • EN: → "Yes I am going"

  • connected speech from Matt vs Japan

    • vowel pair &rarr intrusion
      • he + asked = he-yasked
      • do + it = do-wit
    • consonant pair → elision:
      • next + door = nex-door
      • most + common = mos-common
    • assimilation
      • don't + you = donchu
      • want + to = wanna