<Li> Vocalisation of dark L, hence (ˈmɪowɔː) for Millwall . The actual realisation of a vocalised / l / is influenced by surrounding vowels and it may be realised as (u), (ʊ), (o) or (ɤ). It is also transcribed as a semivowel (w) by some linguists, e.g., Coggle and Rosewarne . However, according to Ladefoged & Maddieson (1996), the vocalised dark l is sometimes an unoccluded lateral approximant, which differs from the RP (ɫ) only by the lack of the alveolar contact . Relatedly, there are many possible vowel neutralisations and absorptions in the context of a following dark L ((ɫ)) or its vocalised version; these include: <Ul> <Li> In broad cockney, and to some extent in general popular London speech, a vocalised / l / is entirely absorbed by a preceding / ɔː /: e.g., salt and sort become homophones (although the contemporary pronunciation of salt / sɒlt / would prevent this from happening), and likewise fault - fought - fort, pause - Paul's, Morden - Malden, water - Walter . Sometimes such pairs are kept apart, in more deliberate speech at least, by a kind of length difference: (ˈmɔʊdn̩) Morden vs. (ˈmɔʊːdn̩) Malden . </Li> <Li> A preceding / ə / is also fully absorbed into vocalised / l / . The reflexes of earlier / əl / and earlier / ɔː (l) / are thus phonetically similar or identical; speakers are usually ready to treat them as the same phoneme . Thus awful can best be regarded as containing two occurrences of the same vowel, / ˈɔːfɔː / . The difference between musical and music - hall, in an H - dropping broad cockney, is thus nothing more than a matter of stress and perhaps syllable boundaries . </Li> <Li> With the remaining vowels a vocalised / l / is not absorbed, but remains phonetically present as a back vocoid in such a way that / Vl / and / V / are kept distinct . </Li> <Li> The clearest and best - established neutralisations are those of / ɪ ~ iː ~ ɪə / and / ʊ ~ uː ~ ʊə / . Thus rill, reel and real fall together in cockney as (ɹɪɤ); while full and fool are (foʊ ~ fʊu) and may rhyme with cruel (ˈkhɹʊu). Before clear (i.e., prevocalic) / l / the neutralisations do not usually apply, thus (ˈsɪli) silly but (ˈsɪilɪn) ceiling - sealing, (ˈfʊli) fully but (ˈfʊulɪn) fooling . </Li> <Li> In some broader types of cockney, the neutralisation of / ʊ ~ uː ~ ʊə / before non-prevocalic / l / may also involve / ɔː /, so that fall becomes homophonous with full and fool (fɔo). </Li> <Li> The other pre - / l / neutralisation which all investigators agree on is that of / æ ~ eɪ ~ aʊ / . Thus, Sal and sale can be merged as (sæɤ), fail and fowl as (fæɤ), and Val, vale - veil and vowel as (væɤ). The typical pronunciation of railway is (ˈɹæʊwæɪ). </Li> <Li> According to Siversten, / ɑː / and / aɪ / can also join in this neutralisation . They may on the one hand neutralise with respect to one another, so that snarl and smile rhyme, both ending (- ɑɤ), and Child's Hill is in danger of being mistaken for Charles Hill; or they may go further into a fivefold neutralisation with the one just mentioned, so that pal, pale, foul, snarl and pile all end in (- æɤ). But these developments are evidently restricted to broad cockney, not being found in London speech in general . </Li> <Li> A neutralisation discussed by Beaken (1971) and Bowyer (1973), but ignored by Siversten (1960), is that of / ɒ ~ əʊ ~ ʌ / . It leads to the possibility of doll, dole and dull becoming homophonous as (dɒʊ) or (da̠ɤ). Wells' impression is that the doll - dole neutralisation is rather widespread in London, but that involving dull less so . </Li> <Li> One further possible neutralisation in the environment of a following non-prevocalic / l / is that of / ɛ / and / ɜː /, so that well and whirl become homophonous as (wɛʊ). </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Ul> <Li> In broad cockney, and to some extent in general popular London speech, a vocalised / l / is entirely absorbed by a preceding / ɔː /: e.g., salt and sort become homophones (although the contemporary pronunciation of salt / sɒlt / would prevent this from happening), and likewise fault - fought - fort, pause - Paul's, Morden - Malden, water - Walter . Sometimes such pairs are kept apart, in more deliberate speech at least, by a kind of length difference: (ˈmɔʊdn̩) Morden vs. (ˈmɔʊːdn̩) Malden . </Li> <Li> A preceding / ə / is also fully absorbed into vocalised / l / . The reflexes of earlier / əl / and earlier / ɔː (l) / are thus phonetically similar or identical; speakers are usually ready to treat them as the same phoneme . Thus awful can best be regarded as containing two occurrences of the same vowel, / ˈɔːfɔː / . The difference between musical and music - hall, in an H - dropping broad cockney, is thus nothing more than a matter of stress and perhaps syllable boundaries . </Li> <Li> With the remaining vowels a vocalised / l / is not absorbed, but remains phonetically present as a back vocoid in such a way that / Vl / and / V / are kept distinct . </Li> <Li> The clearest and best - established neutralisations are those of / ɪ ~ iː ~ ɪə / and / ʊ ~ uː ~ ʊə / . Thus rill, reel and real fall together in cockney as (ɹɪɤ); while full and fool are (foʊ ~ fʊu) and may rhyme with cruel (ˈkhɹʊu). Before clear (i.e., prevocalic) / l / the neutralisations do not usually apply, thus (ˈsɪli) silly but (ˈsɪilɪn) ceiling - sealing, (ˈfʊli) fully but (ˈfʊulɪn) fooling . </Li> <Li> In some broader types of cockney, the neutralisation of / ʊ ~ uː ~ ʊə / before non-prevocalic / l / may also involve / ɔː /, so that fall becomes homophonous with full and fool (fɔo). </Li> <Li> The other pre - / l / neutralisation which all investigators agree on is that of / æ ~ eɪ ~ aʊ / . Thus, Sal and sale can be merged as (sæɤ), fail and fowl as (fæɤ), and Val, vale - veil and vowel as (væɤ). The typical pronunciation of railway is (ˈɹæʊwæɪ). </Li> <Li> According to Siversten, / ɑː / and / aɪ / can also join in this neutralisation . They may on the one hand neutralise with respect to one another, so that snarl and smile rhyme, both ending (- ɑɤ), and Child's Hill is in danger of being mistaken for Charles Hill; or they may go further into a fivefold neutralisation with the one just mentioned, so that pal, pale, foul, snarl and pile all end in (- æɤ). But these developments are evidently restricted to broad cockney, not being found in London speech in general . </Li> <Li> A neutralisation discussed by Beaken (1971) and Bowyer (1973), but ignored by Siversten (1960), is that of / ɒ ~ əʊ ~ ʌ / . It leads to the possibility of doll, dole and dull becoming homophonous as (dɒʊ) or (da̠ɤ). Wells' impression is that the doll - dole neutralisation is rather widespread in London, but that involving dull less so . </Li> <Li> One further possible neutralisation in the environment of a following non-prevocalic / l / is that of / ɛ / and / ɜː /, so that well and whirl become homophonous as (wɛʊ). </Li> </Ul> <Li> In broad cockney, and to some extent in general popular London speech, a vocalised / l / is entirely absorbed by a preceding / ɔː /: e.g., salt and sort become homophones (although the contemporary pronunciation of salt / sɒlt / would prevent this from happening), and likewise fault - fought - fort, pause - Paul's, Morden - Malden, water - Walter . Sometimes such pairs are kept apart, in more deliberate speech at least, by a kind of length difference: (ˈmɔʊdn̩) Morden vs. (ˈmɔʊːdn̩) Malden . </Li> <Li> A preceding / ə / is also fully absorbed into vocalised / l / . The reflexes of earlier / əl / and earlier / ɔː (l) / are thus phonetically similar or identical; speakers are usually ready to treat them as the same phoneme . Thus awful can best be regarded as containing two occurrences of the same vowel, / ˈɔːfɔː / . The difference between musical and music - hall, in an H - dropping broad cockney, is thus nothing more than a matter of stress and perhaps syllable boundaries . </Li>

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