Pompted by: ‘For example, “metal” is pronounced [mɛɾl]; “batter” sounds like [‘bæ.ɾɚ]. (More precisely, both /t/ and /d/ are pronounced as the alveolar tap [ɾ].)’
Heavy Alveoler Tap Three-Chord Riff
Reply
her swirled
shavings
lie on the
darkened concrete,
these from
an outline pencil
that guides
hues
often less
remembered
but bright within
this moment
My thanks to IT and Rupert for posting this poem, which you can read here: https://internationaltimes.it/language-abused/
The kind of abusive rhetoric referenced in generic terms is international, but this poem is reflecting specifically on its use in the UK.
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(Image by artist and photographer Nick Dormand)