Phonetically the accent of Coventry, like the perhaps better known accent of Birmingham, is similar to Northern English inwith thatrespect itto doesits notsystem haveof theshort [[trap-bathvowels. For split]]example, soit castlacks isthe pronouncedBATH/TRAP (Cov. {{IPA|/kæstbaθ/}}, ratherSouthern than/bɑ:θ/) {{IPA|and FOOT/kɑːstSTRUT (Cov. /}}strʊt/, Southern /strʌt/) splits.<ref name="Trugill"/> Yet the clipped, flatterlonger vowels in the accent also contain traces of [[Estuary English]] (T-glottaling)such as a partial implementation of the London [[diphthong]] shift, increasingly so amongst the young since 1950.<ref name="Trugill"/> One notable feature which television producers have been apt to overlook isHowever, the distinction between Coventry and Birmingham accents is often overlooked. InCertain Birminghamfeatures andof the BlackBirmingham Countryaccent 'Old'(e.g. andoccasional 'cold'tapping mayof beprevocalic pronounced/r/ asin "owd"words andstuch "cowd",as this linguistic feature'crack') stopsstop starkly as one moves beyond Solihull in the general direction of Coventry, a possible approximation of the 'Arden Forest' divide perhaps. YetIn accentsany altercase, brisklyCoventry insits thisright particularat parta of thedialectal Midlandscrossroad, Northvery Warwickshire (Bedworth & Nuneaton) displays increased East Midlands dialect features.<ref name="Chinn"/> Then again, justclose to theisoglosses south,that thegenerally general Southern English feature of the longerdelineate 'aNorthern' in words such as "bath" and "path"'Southern' (becomingdialects, likeexhibiting thefeatures [[noncefrom word]]sboth "barth" and "parth" as pronounced in a [[Rhotic and non-rhotic accents|non-rhotic accent]]) starts to occur regardlesssides of class or geodemographic grouping across an east to west band of settlements somewhere between Southam and Banbury, positioning Coventry right at the edgedivide. of England's phonetic crossroads.<ref name="Trugill"/>
