Re: More Ere:tas: The fable of the North Wind and the Sun

> Date:         Sat, 3 Nov 2001 13:38:40 +1100
> From: Tristan Alexander McLeay <anstouh@...>
>
> [O] is a rounded open-mid back vowel, rounded [V] ('open o'). [Q] is a
> rounded open back vowel, rounded [A] (upside-down 'script a'). In American
> English, one often finds the vowel that I hear (on TV) as [Q:] written as
> /O/, so that might be the source of your confusion.
FWIW, Danish has a four-way distinction in rounded back vowels, with
a series like

        muse  /mu:sn=/ muse
        mose  /mo:sn=/ bog
        d

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