What is estuary english
Estuary English is an English accent associated with the south east, especially the area along the Thames river and estuary. What are the phonetic characteristics of Estuary English (EE)? • l-vocalization, pronouncing the l-sound in certain positions almost like [w], so that milk bottle becomes [mɪok ˈbɒto] (almost like ‘miwk bottoo’), and football becomes [ˈfʊʔbɔo] (‘foo’baw’). • glottalling, using a glottal stop [ʔ] (a catch in the throat) instead of a t-sound in certain positions, as in take it off [teɪk ɪʔ ɒf], quite nice [ˌkwaɪʔ ˈnaɪs]. This is not the same as omitting the t-sound altogether, since plate [pleɪʔ] still sounds different from play [pleɪ]. Nevertheless, authors who want to show a non-standard pronunciation by manipulating the spelling tend to write it with an apostrophe: take i’ off, qui’e nice. The positions in which this happens are most typically syllable-final — at the end of a word or before another consonant sound. London’s second airport, Gatwick, is very commonly called[ˈgæʔ wɪk] (“Ga’wick”).
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