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In RP, the first part of the PRICE diphthong was rather front, while many speakers gave the first part of the MOUTH diphthong a back quality. Today, PRICE begins further back and MOUTH further forward.
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Lindsey, G. (2019). Chapter 12 PRICE and MOUTH. In: English After RP. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-04357-5_13
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