Is there a general trend in spoken British English for the accent to move to later in the word? 'CaFE' for CAfe' is long-established; 'deBRIS' for 'DEBris' seems to be gaining ground. (More US influence?) Everyone now seems to say 'tempoRARily' instead of 'TEMPorarily'. And I've very recently noticed two examples of 'pasTORal' for 'PASToral.'
On the other hand, 'ROmance' seems to have taken over from 'roMANCE', so perhaps the movement isn't all in one direction.
This post was last modified: 04-09-2013 08:21 AM by robin orton.