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Re: NATLANGS: Difthongization across Europa

From:David J. Peterson <dedalvs@...>
Date:Monday, February 18, 2008, 20:25
JV:
<<
I wonder if the pre-GVS change of &: A: > E: O: in English went
thru this stage too, seeing that they're spelled <ea oa>?
 >>

The former is happening/happens in my English before nasals:

bag = [b&:g]
bad = [b&:d]
ban = [bean]

I've noticed a similar thing with the back vowels, but haven't
subjected them to experimentation the way I did with the front
vowels:

bog = [bA:g]
bod = [bA:d]
bomb = [bO@m]

For an example of the front vowels, at least, listen to any song
by Snoop Dogg where he says "damn" (comes out sounding
like "day-am").  I'm not aware of it having been reported for
English outside of southern California, but no one seems to be
looking.

-David
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