Estuary English in the West Midlands: I am confuse

[nanila]

Humuhumu has begun to drop her T's, replacing them with glottal stops. Wa'er. Beau'iful. Floa'ing.

I presume she's picked this up from nursery somehow, but I haven't worked out from whom. It sounds very peculiar when coupled with her otherwise Brummie pronunciation ("I loike oice cream").

It also sets my nerves jangling. "Floa-ting, darling," I

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[wurlitzerprized]

dialects and accents fascinate me.

i'm always amazed at my parents' distinctly different Brooklyn accents (they grew up 2 neighborhoods and 5 years apart). i'm told i sound generically northeastern with a slight, nasal, twang -- which sometimes, not always, betrays me as the native New Yorker that i am. when i'm dronk or really really tired i've been known to slip into some Brooklyn-ese (cawfee for coffee, rekkid for record).

i realize this is a british-centric post.
that dialect is much more of "a thing" on your side of the pond.
and that your spelling is british.
;)