Re: Schwa and [V]: Learning the IPA

On 6/15/06, R A Brown <ray@...> wrote:

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> I'm sure it does occur in parts of the anglophone world. It seems to me
> there's been a tendency to unround the back vowels. The /V/ was once
> [U], and it still is to this day in much of northern England;
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Indeed! Our Geordie next-door neighbours [kUt] their lawn.

--larry