A chaotic poem about English pronunciation

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A poem using several loanwords, obsolete words, different spellings, and standardized pronunciation. Makes claims about speaking English "better than 90% of the native English speakers in the world," but only uses "standard" British accent. Reminds me of that song from My Fair Lady.

Posted by Zoe Pittenger Kyriacopoulos on October 10, 2023

Tags:
Standard Language Ideology;
British English;
Stigma;
Phonetics;
r vocalization;
Trap-bath split

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