Re: Schwa and [V]: Learning the IPA

On 6/14/06, Larry Sulky <larrysulky@...> wrote:

---SNIP---
> If I take the vowel I use in "law" -- which is less rounded than my
> pre-rhotic part of "order", but more rounded than my "a" in "father"
> and nowhere near so wide as my "a" in "cat" -- and I unround that
> vowel thoroughly, I do get to the vowel I use in "but". Could that be
> [V]?
>
> --larry
>
I listened to sound files at
http://alt-usage-english.org/ipa/ascii_ipa_combined.shtml#sound.

My /U/ is slightly less rounded than the sample, which is London only.
My /V/ is midway between the London and the Lausanne samples.
My /@/ is like the Lausanne sample, not so much the London sample.

Very interesting!
--L