Re: Schwa and [V]: Learning the IPA

> >  > Herman Miller wrote:
> >  >
> >  >> It really depends on which IPA site you use for reference. This one
> >  >>
> >  >> http://wso.williams.edu/~jdowse/ipa.html
OK, pending that circular tuit I still haven't gotten for recording
myself, here's what I have from that site.

I had another surprise - my /U/ is nothing like IPA [U].  It's closest
to [8] - whose proximity to [2] no doubt explains why I've always
considered it the closest English phone to the latter vowel, and whose
distance from [U] explains why I've always gotten perplexed replies
when I stated that opinion. :)

Below,  I identify the vowels by Wells' lexical sets, the typical
phoneme symbol(s) (in CXS), and the actual phonetic symbol that most
closely matches my speech according to the sounds on that website
(also CXS). Where two lexical sets/phoneme symbols appear on one line,
it's because they have the same vowel for me.  I've also thrown in
some members of some sets which (as I've gathered from various
YAEPT's) might be surprising to other Anglophones.

BATH/TRAP                             /&/            [&]
CLOTH/LOT/THOUGHT        /a/,/O/       [a]     father
COMM(A)/STRUT                  /@/,/V/      [3]
DRESS                                    /E/             [E]
FACE                                       /e/              [ei]
FLEECE/HAPP(Y)                /i/                [i]
FOOT                                     /U/              [8]
GOAT                                     /o/              [oU]
GOOSE                                 /u/               [u]    room
KIT                                          /I/                [I]
MOUTH                                /au/              [aU]
PALM                                    /A/                [A]      law,saw,etc.
PRICE                                  /ai/                [3I]
CHOICE                               /oi/                [7i]
FORCE/NORTH               /Or/               [o_o`r\]   poor,boor,moor,etc.
LETT(ER)/NURSE            /@r/              [@\`r\] ~ [r\=]
NEAR                                   /Ir/                 [Ii\`r\]
SQUARE                             /Er/               [E`r\]
START                                 /Ar/                [6`r\]

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