Most English accents are non-rhotic, but Lancashire preserves the post-vocalic /r/. Another part of England which preserves post-vocalic /r/ is the southwest. Unlike in Received Pronunciation, the Lancashire dialect has monophthongs in words such as face and boat.
The Lancashire dialect does not have the trap/bath split. The words castle and mask are not pronounced with the back vowel of most of southern England. Other features which indicate that the Lancashire dialect is northern include the absence of the foot/strut split and the word-final lax vowel in words such as baby and city.
One of the features which makes the Lancashire dialect different from many other English dialects is the retention of post-vocalic /r/. It also retains the pronouns thou and thy. The Lancashire dialect is a conservative dialect of northwestern England.
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