“Long” vowels

FLEECE

The FLEECE vowel is commonly realized as a relatively high and front, long [i:] everywhere, but in addition to this there are a number of regional alternatives. These include the possibility of shortening it (in NfldE, AAVE, ChcE, BahE, T&TC, TobC and SurC), but more commonly some sort of gliding movement results in diphthongized types. Ingliding, i.e. [iə], occurs in WMwE, NYCE, NfldE, AAVE and T&TC. Alternatively, upglides can be observed, either with high onsets and relatively short glidin movements, [ɪi] , in CanE and NfldE, or with longer glides after mid-front or central onsets, i.e. [əɪ/ei], in Nfl dE or TobC.