Re: CHAT: Phonemic status of English interdentals

Tristan wrote:
>You could be right. I use [8:] to denote the vowel in 'bird'. The first
>element of the vowel is almost a rounded backish [@] and so neither
>really closer to [8] nor [3\], so I use [8] for simplicity. I think. I
>might actually be horribly wrong. Can argue simplicity anyway, because I
>wasn't being especially narrow in my transcription? (I used [u] to
>indicate a vowel closer to [}], after all.)
I thought [8] was mid-central rounded, ie the rounded partner to schwa?
Denoted in IPA as an "o" with a horizontal bar in (looks like a small caps
Theta, more or less).

                                             Andreas

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