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Originally Posted by milt
...We seem to have a worldly body of souls here on the OT forum, so I ask what is the difference between the working class dialect of England and that of Australia? Let's take the word beer for an example. I think I hear "beeah" coming from down under. How would you characterize the phonetic spelling of how it is said in a working class pub? How about Scotland and Ireland as well?
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I'm not an expert on phonetic spelling, but let's see. My accent is English but not particulaty working class. I would probably say 'Bee-uh' almost making it two syllables. A working class Englishman from the Northen part of the country would probably be more like 'Bihr', definitely one syllable but with a more pronounced and maybe slightly drawn out 'ihr' sound. A working class Londoner would be more like 'Beeyur' , again one syllable and I would say that the 'r' on the end would be very soft almost like the 'yuh' sound.
An Aussie would be as you said 'Beeah', although would probably be more likely to just nod and point.
Was that any help?