After spending over a month in the city of brotherly love I have started to pick up some of the local accent. I thought I would share this tutorial with anyone who is interested in speaking the local language.
Replace the hard "A" vowel sound as in Ant with "ee-A"
Examples:
Ya = Yee-A
Cat = Kyat
Pants = Pyants
Precede the soft "A" sound as in Awesome or Drop with a short "oo" sound. The "oo" and "ah" should only take up one syllable. Shape your mouth like your going to say "oo" and then open up to the "ah" sound.
Examples:
Water = Woo-ah-der
Bought = Boo-aht
Audio = "oo-Ah-dio
The vowel sound in words that end in "or" such as Floor should also be pronounced this way but only open up half way to more of an "uh" sound.
Examples:
Door = Doo-uh
Fort = Foo-uht
Board = Boo-uhd
Finally, talk (t'oo'ahk) about your local sports (sp'oo'uhts) team with resentment, and then cheer for them like you can't (kyant) remember how many times they've let you down.
Examples:
Ya = Yee-A
Cat = Kyat
Pants = Pyants
Precede the soft "A" sound as in Awesome or Drop with a short "oo" sound. The "oo" and "ah" should only take up one syllable. Shape your mouth like your going to say "oo" and then open up to the "ah" sound.
Examples:
Water = Woo-ah-der
Bought = Boo-aht
Audio = "oo-Ah-dio
The vowel sound in words that end in "or" such as Floor should also be pronounced this way but only open up half way to more of an "uh" sound.
Examples:
Door = Doo-uh
Fort = Foo-uht
Board = Boo-uhd
Finally, talk (t'oo'ahk) about your local sports (sp'oo'uhts) team with resentment, and then cheer for them like you can't (kyant) remember how many times they've let you down.
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