Definition of Estuary English in US English:
Estuary English
nounˈɛstʃəˌwɛri ˈɪŋ(ɡ)lɪʃ
(in the UK) a type of accent identified as spreading outward from London and containing features of both received pronunciation and London speech.
the upper-class young already talk Estuary English
Example sentencesExamples
- I migrated to Australia in 1960, and so have missed the rise of Estuary English and the ascendancy of the glottal stop in the UK, which John Sturrock discusses.
- I mean, I know she's been living in Walford for a bit now, but even so… do accents just go like that, to be replaced with something that veers between Estuary English and slightly posh?
- Even though they went to school in Peckham and spoke fluent Estuary English I thought in my heart they were really Scottish.
- They speak in that forced Estuary English that can't all be down to celebrities like Jamie Oliver.
- It's just that when I call my electricity provider I rather hope to hear a London accent, or perhaps even a grating example of Estuary English.