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Re: OT: YAEPT: English low vowels (was briefly: Re: Y/N variants (< OT: English a...

From:Daniel Prohaska <daniel@...>
Date:Friday, December 14, 2007, 3:57
From: MorphemeAddict@WMCONNECT.COM
Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2007 9:17 PM
"I say LOT and THOUGHT with quite different vowels, but I'm not sure how to
write them."

In my North-Western English English accent <lot> and <thought> have the same
vowel quality, but the vowel in <thought> is longer, perhaps a little
tenser.
Dan