The Accent Thread

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Originally Posted by Dex

Heck no! Accents manifest themselves in all words. People elongate sounds, insert different vowel sounds, emphasize different bits, etc. "Last" in particular is a great one to demonstrate accents. "On" is admittedly more subtle but the differences are still there. You said you're Scottish. People in my bit of England are notoriously bad at understanding Scottish people. It's definitely more than just the words you listed that are pronounced differently. It's every word. Every accent takes some getting used to if it's new to your ears.

To my mind the 'standard' English pronunciation of on is 'on'. Whereas (and I appreciate there are several Scottish accents) I feel the Scottish pronunciation of on is closer to 'orn' and the American (and I appreciate there are many American accents) is closer to 'arn'.
Does that make sense?

Also, I think Christine's accent would best be described as Standard Southern English.