Audio Samples | .mp3 format
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Hull
Female. Computer Modeler from Hull. Living in Canada for four years at the time of the recording.
The following audio samples progress from Casual Conversations to Practice.
London/Cockney
45 year old male real estate agent born in London, living in Canada for the past 15 years, both his parents are from London as well. Listen for dropped /t/ in medial and final positions, /h/ in initial positions and the intrusive /r/ between words ending in a vowel where the following word also begins with a vowel.
The following audio samples progress from Common Text to Casual Conversations, and then to Practice.
London – Bromley
A male university student in his mid-twenties. This dialect subject was born in Lewisham (Central London) and then shortly after moved outside London to the Borough of Bromley. The subject lived in Bromley for twelve years and then moved to Alberta, Canada. His father is from London (Cockney) and his mother is from Ashford in Kent.
Surrey
Female. Administrative assistant from King’s Surrey in her late forties. She has been living in Lethbridge Alberta for fifteen years.
The following audio samples progress from Common Text to Casual Conversations, and then to Practice.