LPD Pronunciation Preference Survey 1998
Concise findings, listed alphabetically
Percentage preferring pronunciation specified
absorb
absurd
/ / 83 / / 17
drift to / /
/ / 77
/ / 23 no change;
/ / high in Scotland, low in Wales
alto
/ / 71 / / 14 / / 8
/ /7
applicable
stress on second 84 on first 16
Asia
/ / 51 / / 49
associate v.
/ / 69
/ / 31
association
/ / 78
/ / 22
board-bored
same 81
diff 11 vary 7
booth
/ / 62 / / 38
/ / high in Scotland, low in NEng
careless
/ / 44 / / 38 / / 14
/ /3
preference for / / - but actual usage?
Caribbean
stress on third 91
second 9
chance
/ / 69
/ / 31
steady rise in / /
/ / 83
/
/ 17
/
/ on the increase
chrysanthemum
/ / 63
/ / 37
circumstances
/ / 66 / / 24
/ / 11
constant – up – down respectively
controversy
stress on second 60 first 40
high abstention rate
coupon
/ / 94 / / 6
delirious
/ / 54
/ / 46
sharp rise in / / in England
direction
/ / 54
/
/ 15
/ / 15
/ / 15
steady rise in / /
during
/ / 65
/ / 34
/ /2
/ / 87
/ /7
/ /6
ecosystem
/ / 88
/ / 12
electronic
/
/
61
/
/ 14
/
/ 11 /
/8
/
/6
ephemeral
/ / 86 / / 14
equinox
/ / 92 / / 8
evolution
/ / 85
/ / 15 / / on the increase
falcon
/
/ 38
/ / 32
/ / 27
/ /3
false
/ / 52
/ / 48
/ / 89
no / / 7
/
/5
February
/ / 61
/ / 39
sharp rise in / /
/
/ 43
/
/ 34
/ / 23
finance n.
stress on first 81
second 19
financial
/ / 79
/ / 17
/ /4
forehead
/
/ 35
/
/ 65
garage
/
/ 56
/
/ 39
final stress 5
gibberish
gigabyte
gradually
halt
historic
ideology
incomparable
irrefutable
jumped
jury
justifiable
kilometre
lava – larva
length
longitude
lure
luxurious
mall
mischievous
Muslim
necessarily
necessary
newspaper
niche
nuclear
ogle
ominous
one
onerous
oral
ordinary
palm
patronize
perpetual
Polynesia
poor - pour
premature
prestigious
princess
project n.
puncture
quagmire
questionnaire
of which /
/ 31 /
/ 25
/ 96
/ /4
/ 84
/
/9
/
/6
/
/1
/ 49
/
/ 29
/ / 22
drift
(esp. Scotland; not Wales)
/ / 52 / / 48
/ / 94 no / / 6
/ / 90
/ / 10
stress on second 59 third 41
stress on third 93
second 7
/
/ 76
/ / 24
/ / 77
/ / 13
/ / 10
decline in / / (/u:/), except in Scotland
stress on third 75
first 25
stress on second 57 first 43
same 72
diff 20 vary 8
/ / 48
/
/ 36
/
/ 16
movement to alveolar, esp. in Scotland
/ / 85
/
/ 15
velar softening on decline
/ / 58
no / / 42
/ / 72
/ / 17
/ / 10
decline in / / (/u:/), except in Scotland
/ / 67 / / 33
/ / 50 / / 26
/zj/ 13 /sj/ 11
/ / 50 (young: 76) / / 50
stress on first 73
second 27 (young: 52)
/ / 65 / / 28 no diff 7
/ / 89 / / 11
/ / 91
/ /9
stress on third 72
first 28
/e/ 78 / / 22
/ / 57 / / 43
/
/ 95
/
/5
/
/ 94
/
/6
/ / 76
/ / 24 (oldest 5, youngest 51)
/ / 98 / / 2
/ / 70 / / 30 - predominates in north (67)
/ / 76
/ / 24
/ / 87
/ / 13
/ / 34
/
/ 34
/
/ 32
/ri/ steadily falling. Young prefer /eri/.
/ / 85
/
/ 13
/ /1
/ /0
/ / 97 / / 3
/
/ 57
/
/ 37
/
/5
/
/ 54
/ / 39
/
/4
/ /4
same 49
diff 40 vary 11
/
/, led by young southerners.
stress on first 59
third 41
/ / 91
/ /9
stress on second 60 first 40
/ / 84 / / 16
/
/ 87
/
/6
/
/4
/
/3
/ / 62 / / 38
/ / 94
/ /6
/
/
/
real
really
regulatory
respiratory
restaurant
says
scallop
schedule
scone
shore - sure
short cut
simultaneous
situation
source - sauce
transferable
tune
vacation
voluntarily
white
with
yours - yaws
youths
/
/ 55
/ / 44
/ /1
steady move
/ / 80
/ / 19
/ /1
stress on third 55
first, /
/ 33, /
/ 13
// 59 /
34 /
/5/
/
/ 39
/
/ 33
/ / 18
/
/6
/ /4
Growth in /
/ led by s Eng
/e/ 84 / / 16
/ / 51 / / 49
/
/ 60
/
/ 19
/
/ 10
/
/ 10
/ / 65 / / 35
/ /0
diff 48 same 40
vary 12
trend to same led by young southerners
stress on first 59
second 41
/ / 97
/ /3
ie no influence from AmE
/ / 65
/ / 35
same 64
diff 28 vary 8 Scots disagree
stress on second 82 first 18
/ / 35
/ / 64
/t/ 1
/
/ 61
/ / 39
sharp change: AmE infl?
/
/ 40
/
/ 32
/
/ 15
/
/ 12
sharp swing from /
/ to /
/.
/ / 77 / / 23
/ / 85 / / 15 position reversed in Scotl
same 58
diff 33 vary 8 ie /
/
/ / 82
/ / 18
J C Wells
1999 03 18, corrected 1999 03 19
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