Consonantism

Consonantism. w in the beginning of the word or before h old w l oak w k hot w t home w m orchard wurt t hole hwul hope hwup open wupen w is not pronounced week ouk swick su k w before r is not pronounced Western is not pronounced vr wreck, wren, wrench, wrap, write, wrong e.g. Ye vratch, yeve vrutten that avrang.

You wretch, youve written that all wrong. wh at the beginning of a word is w, u , u? in the middle of a word w is pronounced boy bwo, moist mw эst, toad twud, cool kwul, country kwэntrэ f, th, s , sh are voiced Friday vrж dэ, friends vrэn, fleas vle z, and in the these words foe, father, fair, fear, find, fish, foal, full, follow, filth, fist, fire, fond, fault, feast, force, forge, fool. и thought р t, thick рэk, thigh рaэ, and in the words from, freeze, fresh, free, friend, frost, frog, froth, flesh, fly flock, flood, fleece, fling, flower, fail. t at the beginning of the word before a vowel Nothern t? team t?em, tune t?un , Tuesday t?uzde East D t in the middle of the word is voiced bottle b dl, kettle kedl, little lэdl, nettle nedl, bottom b dm, matter med cattle k dl, kittens kэdnz t in the middle of the word is voiced Western bottle b dl, kettle kedl, little lэdl, nettle nedl, bottom b dm, matter med cattle k dl, kittens kэdnz The consonant t in the French borrowings hasnt become t? as it is in RP picture pэkt?r, nature net?r, feature fэ?t?r the middle t sometimes disappears in the positions before m l, n l, m r Western brimstone brэmsn empty empэ The same happens to the middle b chamber chimmer, embers emmers, brambles brimmels between l and r r and l n and r a parasitic d has developed parlour pa ld?r, tailor taэld?r, smaller sm ld?r, curls ka dlz, hurl a dl, marl ma dl, quarrel kw dl, world wa dl, corner ka nd?r Western a parasitic d appeared after l, n, r feel fi ld school sku ld idle aэdld mile maэdl born ba?nd soul s ld soon zu nd gown gaund swoon zaund wine waэnd miller mэl?d scholar sk l?d the middle d in the word needle comes after l ni ld Eastern In the word disturb b is pronounced as v - dis, t? v the first и is pronounced as р thank рж?k and in other words thatch, thaw, thigh, thin, thing, think, third, thistle, thong, thought, thousand, thumb, thunder, Thursday Sometimes и is pronounced as t at the end of the word lath lat Western In some words s at the beginning of the word is pronounced as ? suet ?uэt. The same happens when s is in the middle of the word first fer?t breast brэ?t next nэ?t North-West W s is sometimes pronounced as sure u?r sh, sk at the end of the word Western s cask k s flask fl s leash li s tusk tus Sometimes instead of k t? is heard back b t? wark wa t? sometimes the initial letter or a syllable is apsent Western Eastern believe, deliver, desire, directly, disturb, eleven, enough, except, occasion, inquest, epidemic the initial cl tl clad tlad, clap, clay, claw, clean, cleave, clergy, clerk, clew, cliff, climb, cling, clip, cloak, close, clot, cloth, cloud, clout gl in the beginning of the word dl glad, glass, glisten, gloom, glove, glow l in the middle of the word isnt pronounced Western Eastern Alreadyshoulder ?a d?r the Middle Eastern l is often bill bэ tool tu nibble nэb milk mэ k silk sэ k 3. Grammar. 3.1 Nouns. The definite article There isnt the definite article before same Tis sames I always told ee The of-phrase the of is of ten used instead of the possessive pronoun e.g. the head of him instead of his head The plural form of a noun In many cases -s es can be added for several times e.g. steps steps?z South Som in some cases n is heard at the end of the word e.g. keys ki n Wil. cows kain Dev. bottles botln South-W. Dev. primroses prэmr zn Dev but sometimes s is heard in the words ended with -n e.g. oxen ksnz Western Som. rushes rэksnz Dev some nouns have the same form in the singular and in the plural e.g. chicken - chickens t?эk Som. pipe - pipes paэp Som sometimes the plural form of the noun is used insted of the singular form a house auzn Southern Wil. 3.2 Gender.

The full characteristic of Gender in South- Western English Id like to base on the part of the article by Paddock.

Paddock uses the historical lebel Wessex to describe the countries of South-Western England. 3.2.1