John Cowan wrote:
> J Matthew Pearson wrote:
>
> >> I have it too... it seems to be connected to the aspiration on the /p/ of
> >> "put". So it's more a feature of the preceding consonant than anything
> >> tied to the vowel.
>
> I have this feature too.
>
> > This is an interesting hypothesis. So do you have the same contrast between
> > "could" (more rounded) and "good" (less rounded)?
>
> I don't have it here, but that's because "could" has barred-i.
And that's different from the sound you have in "book" (which is in turn different
from the sound you have in "put")?
Matt.