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Re: English and French vowels

From:Danny Wier <dawiertx@...>
Date:Wednesday, March 10, 2004, 4:52
From: "Trebor Jung" <treborjung@...>

> PS: Does Estonian <o~> represent an unrounded form of /o/ (/7/?)?
I believe it's a mid-high back unrounded vowel... therefore it is indeed /7/. It's the same sound as Vietnamese o-horn. Pho, the famous noodle soup, is pronounced /f7_F_R/ in fact, sounding something like "fuh?"