On Mon, 16 Dec 2002 13:36:02 -0600 "Thomas R. Wier" <trwier@...>
writes:
> Quoting John Cowan <jcowan@...>:
>
> > Joseph Fatula scripsit:
> >
> > > Is the first vowel sound in American English "father" [a]? The
> way that
> > > sounds normal to me doesn't seem to have any diphthongization at
> all.
> >
> > Most Americans use [A] here, but in Boston they say [a].
>
> In Chicago as well.
and northeast ohio
> Thomas Wier
Robert Wilson
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Yessessë Eru ontanë Menel ar Cemen.
Yessessë ëa Quetta ar Quetta né as Eru ar Eru né Quetta.