Re: CHAT: F.L.O.E.S.

jcowan@REUTERSHEALTH.COM wrote:

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>Well, it depends I suppose on how ATR their /&/ may be.  Americans tend to
>the highly advanced, like Conservative RP, but modern RP closely approaches
>/E/ in "man" anyhow, which I suppose means that "men" is moving up.
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Modern RP /&/ is quite unlike [E] - Estuary English &/ is quite similar
to [E].  Of course Estuary English is predicted to replace RP before the
century ends, so, you're nearly right.