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Analysis

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Here are the phonemes I think I use:

Vowels

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Monophthongs

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Additionally, I nasalise French loanwords with nasal vowels, e.g. /ˈflakɔ̃/, /fɪˈɑ̃seɪ/, /ˈkɹwasɑ̃/, /vɛ̃teœ̃/, and sometimes /ˈɹest(ə)ɹɑ̃/, and mostly keep the French vowel scheme in such loanwords.

Diphthongs

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Diphthong Example
Closing
eɪ̯1 bay
aɪ̯~ʌɪ̯2 buy
ɔɪ̯ boy
ɜʊ̯ beau
aʊ̯3 bough
Centring
ɪə̯4 beer
e̞ə̯ bear
ʊə̯ boor
ɔə̯ boar
  1. Might undergo smoothing as [eː] (word-middle, e.g. mail, sale), especially in fast speech.
  2. Sometimes undergoes smoothing as [aː] (word-middle, e.g. aisle, I'll), especially in fast speech.
  3. Sometimes undergoes smoothing as [ɑː] (word-middle, e.g. outside), especially in fast speech.
  4. Sometimes undergoes smoothing as [ɪː] (e.g. near, here), especially in fast speech.

you /juː/, yew /jɪʊ̯/, and ewe /ɪʊ̯/ are not homophones.

Triphthongs

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My triphthongs mostly undergo smoothing, so I will have:

Triphthong My rendering Example
[aɪə] [aə], less frequently [aː] tire
[ɑʊə] [ɑə], less frequently [ɑː] tower
[əʊə] [əʊə], less frequently [əːə] lower
[eɪə] [ɛə], less frequently [ɛː] layer
[ɔɪə] [ɔːə~ɔɪə] loyal

Consonants

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Labial Dental Alveolar Post-alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
Nasal m n ŋ
Tap or flap (ɾ̪̊)1 (ɾ)
Stop p b t d k ɡ
Affricate
Fricative f v θ ð s z ʃ ʒ (x)2 h
Approximant l (ɹ̠̊)3 ɹ̠ j ʍ4 w
  1. Allophone of /ɹ/ after /θ/, e.g. [θɾ̪̊iː] and [θɾ̪̊əʊ].
  2. Only in loanwords, e.g. Bach, loch.
  3. I think this is how I usually pronounce the digraph ⟨rh⟩.
  4. Pronunciation of the digraph ⟨wh⟩.

Pronunciation of lexical sets

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Keyword Pronunciation
KIT ɪ
DRESS
TRAP æ
LOT ɒ
STRUT ʌ̈~ɐ
FOOT ʊ
BATH ɑː
CLOTH ɒː~ɔː
NURSE ɜː
FLEECE
FACE
PALM ɑː~ɑ̟ː
THOUGHT ɔ̹ː
GOAT ɜʊ
GOOSE uː~u̟ː
PRICE aɪ~ʌɪ
CHOICE ɔɪ
MOUTH
NEAR ɪə
SQUARE
START ɑː~ɑ̟ː
NORTH ɔ̹ː
FORCE ɔə
CURE ʊə
happY ɪ
lettER ə
commA ə
GOAL ɜʊ~oʊ

Linking and intrusive R

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Linking R is present, intrusive R is not.

Yod-dropping and yod-coalescence

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No yod-dropping.