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Bermudian English is the variety of English spoken in Bermuda, a British overseas territory in the North Atlantic. "Standard English is used in professional settings and in writing, while vernacular Bermudian English is spoken on more casual occasions."[1] Bermudian English has been called "one of the most severely underresearched varieties of English".[2] It primarily shows a mixture of traits typical of British English and American English, and is generally classified as a form of American (rather than Caribbean) English.[3] The most detailed scholarly study of Bermudian English, in 1933, stated that this type of speech "would create least remark, if indeed any, between, say, Norfolk, Virginia, and Charleston, South Carolina".[4] In certain aspects of vocalization, however, Bermudian English is close to some versions of Caribbean English,[5] and some would bracket all these varieties to the broad region of the "English-speaking West Indies".[6] An unusual characteristic of Bermudian English, in people with a strong Bermudian accent, is the interchange of /æ/ and /ɛ/ (so that 'letter' is pronounced 'latter'), and of /v/ and /w/ - hence the title of a humorous glossary: Bermewjan Vurds.[7] Other characteristics of Bermudian English include long vowels, and the tendency to pronounce d as dj, or j, when combined with a slender vowels, as in Bermudjin (Bermudian). This is not a characteristic unique to Bermuda. Note "idiot" - pronounced in many American accents as "idjit", or "eedjit". The v and w confusion was also characteristic of many dialects of Southern England in the 18th and 19th centuries.[8] [edit] References
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