Grennia has a unique dialect of English, mostly influenced by British
English but also with some influence from American English.
Spelling
is always done with British English standards.
The Grennian
accent sounds a lot like the Received Pronunciation (RP) accent of British
English, but with a few key differences. 1. The "long o"
sound like in boat is pronounced how it is in American English. (IPA:
/oʊ/) 2. The distinction between unstressed /ɪ/ (short i sound) and
/ə/ (schwa) is lost, so unlike in the RP accent words such as
"again" and "include" are homophones. 3. The
nearer-mirror and hurry-furry mergers do exist.
Below is a
sample of vocabulary differences between American, British, and Grennian
dialects.