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

From:Lars Henrik Mathiesen <thorinn@...>
Date:Saturday, November 3, 2001, 22:58
> 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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Lars Henrik Mathiesen <thorinn@...>