Re: SoCal vowels (was Re: sending mail to the list)

SuomenkieliMaa wrote:

> > This is an interesting hypothesis.  So do you have
> > the same contrast between
> > "could" (more rounded) and "good" (less rounded)?
> > We should test this
> > systematically:
> > If Steg's guess is right, then the vowels in column
> > A should all sound the
> > same, and the vowels in column B should all sound
> > the same, and the vowels in
> > column A should sound different from the vowels in
> > column B...
> >
> >   A        B
> >   put      book
> >   took     look
> >   could    good
> >   soot     rook
> >   foot     crook
> >   should
> >   shook
> >   cook
> >   hook
>
> Definitely list A initial consonants require a
> stronger aspiration (except perhaps, soot), whereas
> list B initial consonants do not.  As far as the
> vowel/s, though, they must be the same.
Sorry, I should have been more explicit.  This test is intended
*only* for speakers of American English who claim to produce a
contrast between the vowels in "put" and "book".  This test, I
suspect, will not apply to the majority of English speakers
(myself included).

Matt.

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