Re: I *almost* understand the IPA!

On Thu, 2002-06-27 at 11:11, John Cowan wrote:
> Adrian Morgan scripsit:
>
> >    The vowels [e_j] and [o_w] do not occur in Australian speech,
> >    but they are common when singing, as allophones of [{I] and [3\}]
> >    respectively.
>
> IOW you speak in Australian but sing in American (or Irish).
IOW is what?

And yes, when singing, Australians generally sing either in (normally
non-rhoticised) American or RP. Well,,, not exactly, it's Australianised
to a degree, but that's the intention. (Some things that we would have
too much difficulty with we simplify, e.g. /oi@l/, which needs to be one
syllable, becomes /O:l/ in RP-style.)

Tristan.