Bri'ish
English
Etymology
Respelling of British imitating the t-glottalisation of the United Kingdom.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbrɪʔɪʃ/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Noun
Bri'ish (plural Bri'ishes)
- Pronunciation spelling of British:
- (humorous) The British people; a Briton
- (humorous, by extension) British English
- Oi bruv, do you speak Bri'ish?
Adjective
Bri'ish (comparative more Bri'ish, superlative most Bri'ish)
- (humorous) British
- 2012 May 15, Jason Wallace, Out of Shadows, Holiday House, →ISBN:
- Greet gave his best English accent, a cocktail of aristrocrat and chimney sweep. "How very noice for dear Papa, being at-'atched to the Bri'ish Embassy. Must be a lekker job, hey? The Bri'ish Embassy, cor bloimey."
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