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Re: USAGE: English vowel transcription [Re: Droppin' D'sRevisited]

From:Roger Mills <romilly@...>
Date:Friday, October 13, 2000, 3:43
Nik Taylor wrote:

>Roger Mills wrote: >> The "pure" (undiphthongized) IPA o doesn't occur in most Engl. > >Except, of course, in /minEso:tA/. :-)>
All those Swedes and Norwegians, I suppose.... Or were you referring to Gov. Ventura's rather odd pronunciation? (Hey, I like the guy! Third Party Dream Ticket of 2000: McCain/Ventura. Landslide.)