Long vowels

GOOSE

The dominant realization of the GOOSE vowel is essentially [u(:)] everywhere in the region, with fronting in varying degrees being a very common tendency. [Y] can be found in Urban Scots and [Y:] in more conservative rural speech in South-west England. A tendency towards short diphthongs exists in Northern England ([ʊu]), East Anglia and South-east England ([ʊʉ]), and the West Midlands ([ɔʊ ~ əu]).